#472EA8#472EA8

#472EA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.183 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA8
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 72.6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.71, 43.94, -61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.71, 75.65, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.33% 0.0456 -0.1773)
OKLCH	oklch(41.33% 0.183 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6413, 6.1201, 37.6588)
Luminance	0.0612 (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

#472EA8 #8FA82E

analogous

#2E52A8 #472EA8 #842EA8

triadic

#472EA8 #A8472E #2EA847

tetradic

#472EA8 #A82E52 #8FA82E #2EA884

square

#472EA8 #A82E52 #8FA82E #2EA884

split-complementary

#472EA8 #A8842E #52A82E

monochromatic

#1E1448 #332178 #472EA8 #6247CD #8B77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#472EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#472EA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA8

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA8	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#144F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.183 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c3',
    500: '#472ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea8;
$custom-light: #8569c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.295,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41334,
    "c": 0.18306,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA8

secondary

#B1C270

accent

#E048C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA8

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

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