#472E99#472E99

#472E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.164 H 287.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E99
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 69.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.36, 39.38, -54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.36, 67.39, 305.76°)
OKLab	oklab(39.95% 0.0486 -0.1571)
OKLCH	oklch(39.95% 0.164 287.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.3236, 5.5930, 30.7191)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E99 #80992E

analogous

#2E4B99 #472E99 #7D2E99

triadic

#472E99 #99472E #2E9947

tetradic

#472E99 #992E4B #80992E #2E997D

square

#472E99 #992E4B #80992E #2E997D

split-complementary

#472E99 #997D2E #4B992E

monochromatic

#1B123B #31206A #472E99 #5E3FC5 #866ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#472E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#472E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E99

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E99	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00459C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274960

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.164 287.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369b8',
    500: '#472e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e99;
$custom-light: #8369b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.019,
    "s": 53.769,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39954,
    "c": 0.16442,
    "h": 287.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E99

secondary

#A7BB68

accent

#DD4BBB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E99

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

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