#473B4E#473B4E

#473B4E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.036 H 312.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473B4E
RGB	rgb(71, 59, 78)
HSL	hsl(278, 14%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(278, 24%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(9%, 24.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.78, 9.41, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.78, 13.44, 314.47°)
OKLab	oklab(37.25% 0.0242 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(37.25% 0.036 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(5.5374, 5.0176, 7.8830)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473B4E #424E3B

analogous

#3E3B4E #473B4E #4E3B4C

triadic

#473B4E #4E473B #3B4E47

tetradic

#473B4E #4E3E3B #424E3B #3B4C4E

square

#473B4E #4E3E3B #424E3B #3B4C4E

split-complementary

#473B4E #4C4E3B #3B4E3E

monochromatic

#100D11 #27212B #473B4E #675571 #867093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#473B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#473B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473B4E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473B4E	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383F4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B404D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#473D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 59, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.036 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7a717f',
    500: '#473b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473b4e;
$custom-light: #7a717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.895,
    "s": 13.869,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37247,
    "c": 0.03551,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05018
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473B4E

secondary

#6F7E67

accent

#B7718B

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #473B4E

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

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