#472EA4#472EA4

#472EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.0% C 0.178 H 285.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA4
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.34, 42.73, -59.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.34, 73.47, 305.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.96% 0.0465 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(40.96% 0.178 285.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.2743, 5.9733, 35.7263)
Luminance	0.0597 (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

#472EA4 #8BA42E

analogous

#2E50A4 #472EA4 #822EA4

triadic

#472EA4 #A4472E #2EA447

tetradic

#472EA4 #A42E50 #8BA42E #2EA482

square

#472EA4 #A42E50 #8BA42E #2EA482

split-complementary

#472EA4 #A4822E #50A42E

monochromatic

#1E1344 #322174 #472EA4 #6145CB #8974D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#472EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#472EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA4

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA4	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.0% 0.178 285.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469c0',
    500: '#472ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea4;
$custom-light: #8469c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.712,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40959,
    "c": 0.17815,
    "h": 285.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA4

secondary

#AEC06E

accent

#DF48BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA4

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

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