#472EA3#472EA3

#472EA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.177 H 285.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA3
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 163)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 42.43, -59.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 72.92, 305.58°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0467 -0.1706)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.177 285.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1844, 5.9373, 35.2526)
Luminance	0.0594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472EA3 #8AA32E

analogous

#2E4FA3 #472EA3 #812EA3

triadic

#472EA3 #A3472E #2EA347

tetradic

#472EA3 #A32E4F #8AA32E #2EA381

square

#472EA3 #A32E4F #8AA32E #2EA381

split-complementary

#472EA3 #A3812E #4FA32E

monochromatic

#1D1344 #322173 #472EA3 #6144CA #8974D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#472EA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#472EA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA3

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA3	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.177 285.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469bf',
    500: '#472ea3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea3;
$custom-light: #8469bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.821,
    "s": 55.981,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40866,
    "c": 0.17691,
    "h": 285.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA3

secondary

#AEBF6D

accent

#DF49BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA3

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

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