#473CA5#473CA5

#473CA5 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.162 H 281.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473CA5
RGB	rgb(71, 60, 165)
HSL	hsl(246, 47%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(246, 64%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57%, 63.6%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.45, 34.85, -55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.45, 65.35, 302.22°)
OKLab	oklab(43.23% 0.0336 -0.1588)
OKLCH	oklch(43.23% 0.162 281.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.0038, 7.2872, 36.4168)
Luminance	0.0729 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#473CA5 #9AA53C

analogous

#3C66A5 #473CA5 #7C3CA5

triadic

#473CA5 #A5473C #3CA547

tetradic

#473CA5 #A53C66 #9AA53C #3CA57C

square

#473CA5 #A53C66 #9AA53C #3CA57C

split-complementary

#473CA5 #A57C3C #66A53C

monochromatic

#201B4B #342C78 #473CA5 #665BC3 #9088D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.54

#473CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#473CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473CA5

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473CA5	1.00	8.54	2.46	8.54
#FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17566B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 60, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.162 281.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8372c1',
    500: '#473ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473ca5;
$custom-light: #8372c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.286,
    "s": 46.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43225,
    "c": 0.16236,
    "h": 281.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473CA5

secondary

#B7BE7F

accent

#D651C8

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0ECF7

border

#CBC7D0

text

#0C0812

muted

#7D7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #473CA5

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

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