#472FA9#472FA9

#472FA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.183 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FA9
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.00, 43.70, -61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.00, 75.61, 305.31°)
OKLab	oklab(41.57% 0.0446 -0.1777)
OKLCH	oklch(41.57% 0.183 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7743, 6.2365, 38.1645)
Luminance	0.0624 (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

#472FA9 #91A92F

analogous

#2F54A9 #472FA9 #842FA9

triadic

#472FA9 #A9472F #2FA947

tetradic

#472FA9 #A92F54 #91A92F #2FA984

square

#472FA9 #A92F54 #91A92F #2FA984

split-complementary

#472FA9 #A9842F #54A92F

monochromatic

#1F1449 #332279 #472FA9 #6349CC #8C79DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.34

#472FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.25

#472FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FA9

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FA9	1.00	9.34	2.25	9.34
#FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#125069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.183 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ac4',
    500: '#472fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fa9;
$custom-light: #856ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.803,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41566,
    "c": 0.18317,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FA9

secondary

#B2C272

accent

#E048C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FA9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →