#472EA5#472EA5

#472EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.179 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA5
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.44, 43.03, -60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.44, 74.01, 305.55°)
OKLab	oklab(41.05% 0.0463 -0.1733)
OKLCH	oklch(41.05% 0.179 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3650, 6.0096, 36.2038)
Luminance	0.0601 (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

#472EA5 #8CA52E

analogous

#2E51A5 #472EA5 #832EA5

triadic

#472EA5 #A5472E #2EA547

tetradic

#472EA5 #A52E51 #8CA52E #2EA583

square

#472EA5 #A52E51 #8CA52E #2EA583

split-complementary

#472EA5 #A5832E #51A52E

monochromatic

#1E1345 #322175 #472EA5 #6145CB #8A75D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.54

#472EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#472EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA5

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA5	1.00	9.54	2.20	9.54
#FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.179 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c1',
    500: '#472ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea5;
$custom-light: #8569c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.605,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41052,
    "c": 0.17938,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA5

secondary

#AFC06F

accent

#E048C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA5

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

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