#473B8A#473B8A

#473B8A is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.126 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473B8A
RGB	rgb(71, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(249, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(249, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.16, 26.78, -42.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.16, 50.27, 302.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.89% 0.0356 -0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(40.89% 0.126 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.7486, 6.3021, 24.7953)
Luminance	0.0630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473B8A #7E8A3B

analogous

#3B568A #473B8A #6E3B8A

triadic

#473B8A #8A473B #3B8A47

tetradic

#473B8A #8A3B56 #7E8A3B #3B8A6E

square

#473B8A #8A3B56 #7E8A3B #3B8A6E

split-complementary

#473B8A #8A6E3B #568A3B

monochromatic

#1B1634 #31295F #473B8A #5E4FB4 #8579C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.29

#473B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#473B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473B8A

9.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473B8A	1.00	9.29	2.26	9.29
#FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C498D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#094588

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#314D5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.126 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f71ad',
    500: '#473b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473b8a;
$custom-light: #7f71ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 249.114,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40895,
    "c": 0.12648,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473B8A

secondary

#A6AF71

accent

#D058BE

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFECF4

border

#CAC7CE

text

#0A0710

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #473B8A

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

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