#472E86#472E86

#472E86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.140 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E86
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 134)
HSL	hsl(257, 49%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 66%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 65.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 33.62, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 56.60, 306.44°)
OKLab	oklab(38.32% 0.0512 -0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(38.32% 0.14 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.8774, 5.0145, 23.1025)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E86 #6D862E

analogous

#2E4186 #472E86 #732E86

triadic

#472E86 #86472E #2E8647

tetradic

#472E86 #862E41 #6D862E #2E8673

square

#472E86 #862E41 #6D862E #2E8673

split-complementary

#472E86 #86732E #41862E

monochromatic

#170F2B #2F1E58 #472E86 #5F3EB4 #8164CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#472E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#472E86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E86

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E86	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344355

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.140 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068aa',
    500: '#472e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e86;
$custom-light: #8068aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.045,
    "s": 48.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38318,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E86

secondary

#9AB15F

accent

#D84FB1

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E86

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

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