#472EB6#472EB6

#472EB6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.200 H 282.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472EB6
RGB	rgb(71, 46, 182)
HSL	hsl(251, 60%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(61%, 74.7%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 48.17, -67.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 83.14, 305.41°)
OKLab	oklab(42.68% 0.0424 -0.1954)
OKLCH	oklch(42.68% 0.2 282.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.0164, 6.6701, 44.9012)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#472EB6 #9DB62E

analogous

#2E59B6 #472EB6 #8B2EB6

triadic

#472EB6 #B6472E #2EB647

tetradic

#472EB6 #B62E59 #9DB62E #2EB68B

square

#472EB6 #B62E59 #9DB62E #2EB68B

split-complementary

#472EB6 #B68B2E #59B62E

monochromatic

#211554 #342285 #472EB6 #674FD2 #9180DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#472EB6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#472EB6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472EB6

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472EB6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472EB6	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472eb6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 46, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.200 282.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#886acd',
    500: '#472eb6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472eb6;
$custom-light: #886acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472eb6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.029,
    "s": 59.649,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42678,
    "c": 0.19992,
    "h": 282.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472EB6

secondary

#B9C878

accent

#E345C6

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0714

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472EB6

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

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