#472E73#472E73

#472E73 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.114 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E73
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 115)
HSL	hsl(262, 43%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 60%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.3%, 60%, 0%, 54.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.36, 27.97, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.36, 45.46, 307.97°)
OKLab	oklab(36.83% 0.0522 -0.1017)
OKLCH	oklch(36.83% 0.114 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6693, 4.5313, 16.7396)
Luminance	0.0453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E73 #5A732E

analogous

#2E3873 #472E73 #6A2E73

triadic

#472E73 #73472E #2E7347

tetradic

#472E73 #732E38 #5A732E #2E736A

square

#472E73 #732E38 #5A732E #2E736A

split-complementary

#472E73 #736A2E #38732E

monochromatic

#110B1C #2C1D47 #472E73 #623F9F #805DBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.02

#472E73 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#472E73 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E73

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E73	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E73	1.00	11.02	1.91	11.02
#FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B3C75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#153B71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3D3C4B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e73;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.114 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d689c',
    500: '#472e73',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e73;
$custom-light: #7d689c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e73",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.739,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3683,
    "c": 0.1143,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E73

secondary

#89A458

accent

#D355A5

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E73

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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