#472E8A#472E8A

#472E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.145 H 290.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E8A
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.10, 34.83, -47.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.10, 58.90, 306.24°)
OKLab	oklab(38.65% 0.0508 -0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(38.65% 0.145 290.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.1617, 5.1283, 24.5996)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E8A #718A2E

analogous

#2E438A #472E8A #752E8A

triadic

#472E8A #8A472E #2E8A47

tetradic

#472E8A #8A2E43 #718A2E #2E8A75

square

#472E8A #8A2E43 #718A2E #2E8A75

split-complementary

#472E8A #8A752E #438A2E

monochromatic

#180F2E #2F1F5C #472E8A #5F3DB8 #8266CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#472E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#472E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E8A

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E8A	1.00	10.37	2.03	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.145 290.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068ad',
    500: '#472e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e8a;
$custom-light: #8068ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.304,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38651,
    "c": 0.14515,
    "h": 290.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E8A

secondary

#9DB361

accent

#DA4EB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E8A

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

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