#472E9C#472E9C

#472E9C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.168 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E9C
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 156)
HSL	hsl(254, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.5%, 70.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.63, 40.30, -56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.63, 69.06, 305.69°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.048 -0.1612)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.168 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.5745, 5.6934, 32.0405)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E9C #839C2E

analogous

#2E4C9C #472E9C #7E2E9C

triadic

#472E9C #9C472E #2E9C47

tetradic

#472E9C #9C2E4C #839C2E #2E9C7E

square

#472E9C #9C2E4C #839C2E #2E9C7E

split-complementary

#472E9C #9C7E2E #4C9C2E

monochromatic

#1C123D #31206D #472E9C #5F40C7 #8770D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.82

#472E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472E9C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E9C

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E9C	1.00	9.82	2.14	9.82
#FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#244B61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.168 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369ba',
    500: '#472e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e9c;
$custom-light: #8369ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.636,
    "s": 54.455,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40225,
    "c": 0.1682,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E9C

secondary

#A9BC6A

accent

#DE4ABC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E9C

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

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