#472FB4#472FB4

#472FB4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.067; OKLCH L 42.6% C 0.197 H 282.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#472FB4
RGB	rgb(71, 47, 180)
HSL	hsl(251, 59%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 74%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.04, 47.04, -66.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.04, 81.52, 305.24°)
OKLab	oklab(42.61% 0.0422 -0.1919)
OKLCH	oklch(42.61% 0.197 282.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.8507, 6.6671, 43.8336)
Luminance	0.0667 (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

#472FB4 #9CB42F

analogous

#2F5AB4 #472FB4 #8A2FB4

triadic

#472FB4 #B4472F #2FB447

tetradic

#472FB4 #B42F5A #9CB42F #2FB48A

square

#472FB4 #B42F5A #9CB42F #2FB48A

split-complementary

#472FB4 #B48A2F #5AB42F

monochromatic

#211653 #342283 #472FB4 #674FD1 #9180DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.00

#472FB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.33

#472FB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #472FB4

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##472FB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##472FB4	1.00	9.00	2.33	9.00
#FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DB8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00546F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#494949

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #472fb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 47, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.6% 0.197 282.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#876acc',
    500: '#472fb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #472fb4;
$custom-light: #876acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#472fb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.827,
    "s": 58.59,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42615,
    "c": 0.19651,
    "h": 282.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.06668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#472FB4

secondary

#B8C778

accent

#E246C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0713

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #472FB4

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

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