#472EA7#472EA7

#472EA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.182 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA7
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 167)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 72.5%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.62, 43.64, -61.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.62, 75.10, 305.53°)
OKLab	oklab(41.24% 0.0458 -0.176)
OKLCH	oklch(41.24% 0.182 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.5485, 6.0830, 37.1700)
Luminance	0.0608 (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

#472EA7 #8EA72E

analogous

#2E51A7 #472EA7 #842EA7

triadic

#472EA7 #A7472E #2EA747

tetradic

#472EA7 #A72E51 #8EA72E #2EA784

square

#472EA7 #A72E51 #8EA72E #2EA784

split-complementary

#472EA7 #A7842E #51A72E

monochromatic

#1E1447 #332177 #472EA7 #6246CC #8B76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#472EA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#472EA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA7

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA7	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.182 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c2',
    500: '#472ea7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea7;
$custom-light: #8569c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.397,
    "s": 56.808,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41239,
    "c": 0.18183,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA7

secondary

#B0C170

accent

#E048C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA7

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

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