#472E77#472E77

#472E77 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.120 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E77
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 119)
HSL	hsl(261, 44%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 61%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(40.3%, 61.3%, 0%, 53.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.64, 29.14, -37.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.64, 47.83, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.13% 0.0521 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(37.13% 0.12 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.9044, 4.6254, 17.9782)
Luminance	0.0462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.65

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E77 #5E772E

analogous

#2E3A77 #472E77 #6C2E77

triadic

#472E77 #77472E #2E7747

tetradic

#472E77 #772E3A #5E772E #2E776C

square

#472E77 #772E3A #5E772E #2E776C

split-complementary

#472E77 #776C2E #3A772E

monochromatic

#120C1F #2D1D4B #472E77 #613FA3 #805EC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.91

#472E77 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.93

#472E77 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E77

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E77	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E77	1.00	10.91	1.93	10.91
#FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023D79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F3C75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3E4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3D3D3D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e77;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.120 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e689f',
    500: '#472e77',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e77;
$custom-light: #7e689f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e77",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.548,
    "s": 44.242,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3713,
    "c": 0.11977,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E77

secondary

#8DA859

accent

#D454A8

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E77

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

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