#472E9A#472E9A

#472E9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.166 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E9A
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 154)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 70%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 70.1%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.45, 39.69, -55.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.45, 67.95, 305.74°)
OKLab	oklab(40.04% 0.0484 -0.1585)
OKLCH	oklch(40.04% 0.166 287)
XYZ	xyz(9.4065, 5.6262, 31.1559)
Luminance	0.0563 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E9A #819A2E

analogous

#2E4B9A #472E9A #7D2E9A

triadic

#472E9A #9A472E #2E9A47

tetradic

#472E9A #9A2E4B #819A2E #2E9A7D

square

#472E9A #9A2E4B #819A2E #2E9A7D

split-complementary

#472E9A #9A7D2E #4B9A2E

monochromatic

#1C123C #31206B #472E9A #5F3FC6 #866FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.88

#472E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#472E9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E9A

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E9A	1.00	9.88	2.13	9.88
#FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004098

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.166 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369b9',
    500: '#472e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e9a;
$custom-light: #8369b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.889,
    "s": 54,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40044,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.05627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E9A

secondary

#A8BB69

accent

#DD4ABB

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E9A

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

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