#472FA6#472FA6

#472FA6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.179 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FA6
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 166)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 71.7%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.73, 42.79, -60.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.73, 73.98, 305.34°)
OKLab	oklab(41.29% 0.0452 -0.1737)
OKLCH	oklch(41.29% 0.179 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4959, 6.1252, 36.6982)
Luminance	0.0613 (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

#472FA6 #8EA62F

analogous

#2F53A6 #472FA6 #832FA6

triadic

#472FA6 #A6472F #2FA647

tetradic

#472FA6 #A62F53 #8EA62F #2FA683

square

#472FA6 #A62F53 #8EA62F #2FA683

split-complementary

#472FA6 #A6832F #53A62F

monochromatic

#1E1447 #332176 #472FA6 #6247CB #8B77D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#472FA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#472FA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FA6

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FA6	1.00	9.44	2.23	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.179 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ac1',
    500: '#472fa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fa6;
$custom-light: #856ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.101,
    "s": 55.869,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41286,
    "c": 0.17948,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FA6

secondary

#B0C170

accent

#DF49C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FA6

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

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