#472EA9#472EA9

#472EA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.184 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EA9
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 72.8%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 44.25, -62.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 76.19, 305.50°)
OKLab	oklab(41.43% 0.0454 -0.1786)
OKLCH	oklch(41.43% 0.184 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7348, 6.1575, 38.1513)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#472EA9 #90A92E

analogous

#2E53A9 #472EA9 #852EA9

triadic

#472EA9 #A9472E #2EA947

tetradic

#472EA9 #A92E53 #90A92E #2EA985

square

#472EA9 #A92E53 #90A92E #2EA985

split-complementary

#472EA9 #A9852E #53A92E

monochromatic

#1F1449 #332179 #472EA9 #6247CD #8B77DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#472EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#472EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EA9

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EA9	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.184 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8569c4',
    500: '#472ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472ea9;
$custom-light: #8569c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.195,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41428,
    "c": 0.18427,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EA9

secondary

#B2C271

accent

#E047C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EA9

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

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