#472EAA#472EAA

#472EAA is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.185 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EAA
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 170)
HSL	hsl(252, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 72.9%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.90, 44.55, -62.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.90, 76.73, 305.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.52% 0.0452 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(41.52% 0.185 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8290, 6.1952, 38.6476)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#472EAA #91AA2E

analogous

#2E53AA #472EAA #852EAA

triadic

#472EAA #AA472E #2EAA47

tetradic

#472EAA #AA2E53 #91AA2E #2EAA85

square

#472EAA #AA2E53 #91AA2E #2EAA85

split-complementary

#472EAA #AA852E #53AA2E

monochromatic

#1F144A #33217A #472EAA #6348CD #8C78DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#472EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#472EAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EAA

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EAA	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#105069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.185 284.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.097,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41522,
    "c": 0.18549,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EAA

secondary

#B2C371

accent

#E147C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EAA

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

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