#472E8E#472E8E

#472E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 39.0% C 0.150 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E8E
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 142)
HSL	hsl(256, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 67.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.43, 36.04, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.43, 61.19, 306.08°)
OKLab	oklab(38.99% 0.0503 -0.1417)
OKLCH	oklch(38.99% 0.15 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.4566, 5.2462, 26.1530)
Luminance	0.0525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E8E #758E2E

analogous

#2E458E #472E8E #772E8E

triadic

#472E8E #8E472E #2E8E47

tetradic

#472E8E #8E2E45 #758E2E #2E8E77

square

#472E8E #8E2E45 #758E2E #2E8E77

split-complementary

#472E8E #8E772E #458E2E

monochromatic

#191032 #301F60 #472E8E #5E3DBC #8368CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.25

#472E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.05

#472E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E8E

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E8E	1.00	10.25	2.05	10.25
#FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004391

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F465A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.0% 0.150 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8168b0',
    500: '#472e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e8e;
$custom-light: #8168b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.625,
    "s": 51.064,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38991,
    "c": 0.15036,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E8E

secondary

#A0B563

accent

#DB4DB6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E8E

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

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