#472EA6#472EA6

#472EA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.181 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA6
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 166)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 72.3%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.53, 43.34, -60.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.53, 74.56, 305.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.15% 0.046 -0.1746)
OKLCH	oklch(41.15% 0.181 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4564, 6.0461, 36.6850)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#472EA6 #8DA62E

analogous

#2E51A6 #472EA6 #832EA6

triadic

#472EA6 #A6472E #2EA647

tetradic

#472EA6 #A62E51 #8DA62E #2EA683

square

#472EA6 #A62E51 #8DA62E #2EA683

split-complementary

#472EA6 #A6832E #51A62E

monochromatic

#1E1346 #332176 #472EA6 #6246CC #8A76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#472EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#472EA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA6

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA6	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.181 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c1',
    500: '#472ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea6;
$custom-light: #8569c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 56.604,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41146,
    "c": 0.18061,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA6

secondary

#B0C16F

accent

#E048C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA6

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

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