#472EA1#472EA1

#472EA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.174 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA1
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 161)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.9%, 71.4%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.07, 41.82, -58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.07, 71.82, 305.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.68% 0.0471 -0.168)
OKLCH	oklch(40.68% 0.174 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.0066, 5.8662, 34.3163)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472EA1 #88A12E

analogous

#2E4FA1 #472EA1 #802EA1

triadic

#472EA1 #A1472E #2EA147

tetradic

#472EA1 #A12E4F #88A12E #2EA180

square

#472EA1 #A12E4F #88A12E #2EA180

split-complementary

#472EA1 #A1802E #4FA12E

monochromatic

#1D1342 #322071 #472EA1 #6043C9 #8873D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#472EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#472EA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA1

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA1	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4C64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.174 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469be',
    500: '#472ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea1;
$custom-light: #8469be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40681,
    "c": 0.17444,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA1

secondary

#ADBE6C

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA1

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

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