#472FAE#472FAE

#472FAE is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.064; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.189 H 283.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FAE
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 174)
HSL	hsl(251, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(251, 73%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 73%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.47, 45.22, -63.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.47, 78.31, 305.27°)
OKLab	oklab(42.04% 0.0435 -0.1842)
OKLCH	oklch(42.04% 0.189 283.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.2527, 6.4279, 40.6839)
Luminance	0.0643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo Blue

#3A18B1

ΔE00 4.47

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#472FAE #96AE2F

analogous

#2F56AE #472FAE #862FAE

triadic

#472FAE #AE472F #2FAE47

tetradic

#472FAE #AE2F56 #96AE2F #2FAE86

square

#472FAE #AE2F56 #96AE2F #2FAE86

split-complementary

#472FAE #AE862F #56AE2F

monochromatic

#20154E #33227E #472FAE #644CCF #8E7CDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.19

#472FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#472FAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FAE

9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FAE	1.00	9.19	2.29	9.19
#FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04526C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.189 283.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#866ac7',
    500: '#472fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fae;
$custom-light: #866ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.339,
    "s": 57.466,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42039,
    "c": 0.18928,
    "h": 283.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FAE

secondary

#B5C475

accent

#E147C4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FAE

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

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