#472FA5#472FA5

#472FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.178 H 284.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FA5
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.63, 42.48, -59.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.63, 73.43, 305.35°)
OKLab	oklab(41.19% 0.0454 -0.1724)
OKLCH	oklch(41.19% 0.178 284.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4045, 6.0886, 36.2170)
Luminance	0.0609 (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

#472FA5 #8DA52F

analogous

#2F52A5 #472FA5 #822FA5

triadic

#472FA5 #A5472F #2FA547

tetradic

#472FA5 #A52F52 #8DA52F #2FA582

square

#472FA5 #A52F52 #8DA52F #2FA582

split-complementary

#472FA5 #A5822F #52A52F

monochromatic

#1E1446 #332175 #472FA5 #6247CB #8A76D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.47

#472FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#472FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FA5

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FA5	1.00	9.47	2.22	9.47
#FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194E67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.178 284.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ac1',
    500: '#472fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fa5;
$custom-light: #856ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41193,
    "c": 0.17824,
    "h": 284.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FA5

secondary

#B0C070

accent

#DF49C0

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FA5

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

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