#472EAE#472EAE

#472EAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 41.9% C 0.190 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EAE
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 174)
HSL	hsl(252, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(252, 74%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 73.6%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.28, 45.76, -64.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.28, 78.88, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(41.9% 0.0443 -0.1851)
OKLCH	oklch(41.9% 0.19 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2132, 6.3488, 40.6708)
Luminance	0.0635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.26

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472EAE #95AE2E

analogous

#2E55AE #472EAE #872EAE

triadic

#472EAE #AE472E #2EAE47

tetradic

#472EAE #AE2E55 #95AE2E #2EAE87

square

#472EAE #AE2E55 #95AE2E #2EAE87

split-complementary

#472EAE #AE872E #55AE2E

monochromatic

#1F144D #33217E #472EAE #644ACF #8D7ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.25

#472EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.27

#472EAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EAE

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EAE	1.00	9.25	2.27	9.25
#FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004BB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04516B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.9% 0.190 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac7',
    500: '#472eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472eae;
$custom-light: #866ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.719,
    "s": 58.182,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41904,
    "c": 0.19034,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EAE

secondary

#B4C474

accent

#E146C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EAE

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

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