#472FA4#472FA4

#472FA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.177 H 284.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FA4
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 71.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 42.18, -59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 72.88, 305.36°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.0456 -0.171)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.177 284.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3139, 6.0524, 35.7395)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#472FA4 #8CA42F

analogous

#2F52A4 #472FA4 #822FA4

triadic

#472FA4 #A4472F #2FA447

tetradic

#472FA4 #A42F52 #8CA42F #2FA482

square

#472FA4 #A42F52 #8CA42F #2FA482

split-complementary

#472FA4 #A4822F #52A42F

monochromatic

#1E1445 #322174 #472FA4 #6146CA #8A76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#472FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#472FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FA4

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FA4	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.177 284.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ac0',
    500: '#472fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fa4;
$custom-light: #846ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.308,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41101,
    "c": 0.17701,
    "h": 284.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FA4

secondary

#AFC06F

accent

#DF49C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FA4

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

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