#472F9F#472F9F

#472F9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.171 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472F9F
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 54%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 70%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.3%, 70.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.10, 40.65, -57.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.10, 70.13, 305.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.64% 0.0466 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(40.64% 0.171 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.8712, 5.8753, 33.4081)
Luminance	0.0588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472F9F #879F2F

analogous

#2F4F9F #472F9F #7F2F9F

triadic

#472F9F #9F472F #2F9F47

tetradic

#472F9F #9F2F4F #879F2F #2F9F7F

square

#472F9F #9F2F4F #879F2F #2F9F7F

split-complementary

#472F9F #9F7F2F #4F9F2F

monochromatic

#1D1341 #322170 #472F9F #6044C8 #8873D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.65

#472F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#472F9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472F9F

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472F9F	1.00	9.65	2.18	9.65
#FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00419D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#214C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.171 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846abc',
    500: '#472f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472f9f;
$custom-light: #846abc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.857,
    "s": 54.369,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40643,
    "c": 0.17077,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472F9F

secondary

#ACBD6D

accent

#DE4ABE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472F9F

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

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