#472FA8#472FA8

#472FA8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.182 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FA8
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 168)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.7%, 72%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 43.40, -61.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 75.07, 305.32°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% 0.0448 -0.1763)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.182 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6808, 6.1991, 37.6719)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#472FA8 #90A82F

analogous

#2F53A8 #472FA8 #842FA8

triadic

#472FA8 #A8472F #2FA847

tetradic

#472FA8 #A82F53 #90A82F #2FA884

square

#472FA8 #A82F53 #90A82F #2FA884

split-complementary

#472FA8 #A8842F #53A82F

monochromatic

#1F1448 #332278 #472FA8 #6248CC #8B78D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#472FA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#472FA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FA8

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FA8	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#145068

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.182 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ac3',
    500: '#472fa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fa8;
$custom-light: #856ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.901,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41473,
    "c": 0.18194,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FA8

secondary

#B2C171

accent

#E048C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FA8

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

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