#472F87#472F87

#472F87 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.140 H 290.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472F87
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 135)
HSL	hsl(256, 48%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 65%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(47.4%, 65.2%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.08, 33.32, -45.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.08, 56.53, 306.12°)
OKLab	oklab(38.56% 0.05 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(38.56% 0.14 290.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.9870, 5.1216, 23.4847)
Luminance	0.0512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472F87 #6F872F

analogous

#2F4387 #472F87 #732F87

triadic

#472F87 #87472F #2F8747

tetradic

#472F87 #872F43 #6F872F #2F8773

square

#472F87 #872F43 #6F872F #2F8773

split-complementary

#472F87 #87732F #43872F

monochromatic

#170F2C #2F1F5A #472F87 #5F3FB4 #8266CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.37

#472F87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#472F87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472F87

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472F87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472F87	1.00	10.37	2.02	10.37
#FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E85

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#334456

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472f87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.140 290.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8069ab',
    500: '#472f87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472f87;
$custom-light: #8069ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472f87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 48.352,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38562,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 290.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05122
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472F87

secondary

#9BB161

accent

#D850B3

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #472F87

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

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