#472E9D#472E9D

#472E9D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.169 H 286.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472E9D
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 157)
HSL	hsl(254, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.8%, 70.7%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.71, 40.60, -56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.71, 69.62, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.32% 0.0478 -0.1626)
OKLCH	oklch(40.32% 0.169 286.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6595, 5.7274, 32.4883)
Luminance	0.0573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472E9D #849D2E

analogous

#2E4C9D #472E9D #7F2E9D

triadic

#472E9D #9D472E #2E9D47

tetradic

#472E9D #9D2E4C #849D2E #2E9D7F

square

#472E9D #9D2E4C #849D2E #2E9D7F

split-complementary

#472E9D #9D7F2E #4C9D2E

monochromatic

#1C123E #32206E #472E9D #5F41C7 #8770D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.79

#472E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#472E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472E9D

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472E9D	1.00	9.79	2.15	9.79
#FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.169 286.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369bb',
    500: '#472e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472e9d;
$custom-light: #8369bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.514,
    "s": 54.68,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40315,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 286.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472E9D

secondary

#AABD6A

accent

#DE4ABD

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472E9D

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

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