#472F9A#472F9A

#472F9A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.164 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472F9A
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 154)
HSL	hsl(253, 53%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(253, 69%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 69.5%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.66, 39.12, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.66, 67.34, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(40.19% 0.0474 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(40.19% 0.164 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.4461, 5.7052, 31.1691)
Luminance	0.0571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472F9A #829A2F

analogous

#2F4D9A #472F9A #7D2F9A

triadic

#472F9A #9A472F #2F9A47

tetradic

#472F9A #9A2F4D #829A2F #2F9A7D

square

#472F9A #9A2F4D #829A2F #2F9A7D

split-complementary

#472F9A #9A7D2F #4D9A2F

monochromatic

#1C123C #31216B #472F9A #5F41C5 #8670D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.81

#472F9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#472F9A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472F9A

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472F9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472F9A	1.00	9.81	2.14	9.81
#FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00469D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004198

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#264A60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472f9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.164 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369b9',
    500: '#472f9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472f9a;
$custom-light: #8369b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472f9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.458,
    "s": 53.234,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40193,
    "c": 0.16447,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472F9A

secondary

#A9BB6A

accent

#DD4BBC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #472F9A

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

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