#472E95#472E95

#472E95 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.6% C 0.159 H 288.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E95
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 149)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.3%, 69.1%, 0%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.02, 38.17, -52.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.02, 65.15, 305.86°)
OKLab	oklab(39.6% 0.0492 -0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(39.6% 0.159 288)
XYZ	xyz(8.9988, 5.4631, 29.0083)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E95 #7C952E

analogous

#2E4895 #472E95 #7A2E95

triadic

#472E95 #95472E #2E9547

tetradic

#472E95 #952E48 #7C952E #2E957A

square

#472E95 #952E48 #7C952E #2E957A

split-complementary

#472E95 #957A2E #48952E

monochromatic

#1A1137 #312066 #472E95 #5E3DC3 #856CD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.03

#472E95 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#472E95 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E95

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E95	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E95	1.00	10.03	2.09	10.03
#FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004498

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F93

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A485D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e95;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.6% 0.159 288.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8269b5',
    500: '#472e95',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e95;
$custom-light: #8269b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e95",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.563,
    "s": 52.821,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39599,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 288
  },
  "luminance": 0.05464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E95

secondary

#A5B966

accent

#DC4CB9

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#EFEBF6

border

#CAC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E95

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

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