#472EA2#472EA2

#472EA2 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.176 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA2
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 162)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.2%, 71.6%, 0%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 42.12, -58.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 72.37, 305.59°)
OKLab	oklab(40.77% 0.0469 -0.1693)
OKLCH	oklch(40.77% 0.176 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0951, 5.9016, 34.7826)
Luminance	0.0590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472EA2 #89A22E

analogous

#2E4FA2 #472EA2 #812EA2

triadic

#472EA2 #A2472E #2EA247

tetradic

#472EA2 #A22E4F #89A22E #2EA281

square

#472EA2 #A22E4F #89A22E #2EA281

split-complementary

#472EA2 #A2812E #4FA22E

monochromatic

#1D1343 #322072 #472EA2 #6043CA #8973D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#472EA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#472EA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA2

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA2	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1D4D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.176 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469bf',
    500: '#472ea2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea2;
$custom-light: #8469bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.931,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40774,
    "c": 0.17568,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA2

secondary

#ADBF6D

accent

#DF49BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA2

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

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