#472FA7#472FA7

#472FA7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.181 H 284.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FA7
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 167)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.82, 43.09, -60.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.82, 74.52, 305.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.38% 0.045 -0.175)
OKLCH	oklch(41.38% 0.181 284.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5880, 6.1620, 37.1832)
Luminance	0.0616 (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

#472FA7 #8FA72F

analogous

#2F53A7 #472FA7 #832FA7

triadic

#472FA7 #A7472F #2FA747

tetradic

#472FA7 #A72F53 #8FA72F #2FA783

square

#472FA7 #A72F53 #8FA72F #2FA783

split-complementary

#472FA7 #A7832F #53A72F

monochromatic

#1E1447 #332277 #472FA7 #6248CB #8B78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#472FA7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#472FA7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FA7

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FA7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FA7	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fa7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.181 284.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ac2',
    500: '#472fa7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fa7;
$custom-light: #856ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fa7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252,
    "s": 56.075,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41379,
    "c": 0.18071,
    "h": 284.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FA7

secondary

#B1C171

accent

#DF48C1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FA7

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

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