#472E85#472E85

#472E85 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.139 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E85
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 133)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 65.4%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 33.32, -45.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 56.02, 306.49°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0513 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.139 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8080, 4.9868, 22.7369)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E85 #6C852E

analogous

#2E4185 #472E85 #722E85

triadic

#472E85 #85472E #2E8547

tetradic

#472E85 #852E41 #6C852E #2E8572

square

#472E85 #852E41 #6C852E #2E8572

split-complementary

#472E85 #85722E #41852E

monochromatic

#160F2A #2F1E58 #472E85 #5F3EB2 #8164C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#472E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#472E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E85

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E85	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004088

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#354255

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.139 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068a9',
    500: '#472e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e85;
$custom-light: #8068a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.241,
    "s": 48.603,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38236,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E85

secondary

#99B05F

accent

#D850B1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E85

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

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