#472F86#472F86

#472F86 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.139 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472F86
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 134)
HSL	hsl(257, 48%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47%, 64.9%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.00, 33.02, -45.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.00, 55.95, 306.16°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0501 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.139 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.9169, 5.0936, 23.1157)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472F86 #6E862F

analogous

#2F4286 #472F86 #722F86

triadic

#472F86 #86472F #2F8647

tetradic

#472F86 #862F42 #6E862F #2F8672

square

#472F86 #862F42 #6E862F #2F8672

split-complementary

#472F86 #86722F #42862F

monochromatic

#170F2B #2F1F59 #472F86 #5F3FB3 #8166C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.40

#472F86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#472F86 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472F86

10.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472F86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472F86	1.00	10.40	2.02	10.40
#FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E84

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#344356

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472f86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.139 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8069aa',
    500: '#472f86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472f86;
$custom-light: #8069aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472f86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.552,
    "s": 48.066,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3848,
    "c": 0.1385,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472F86

secondary

#9AB060

accent

#D850B2

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472F86

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

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