#473CA9#473CA9

#473CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.6% C 0.168 H 281.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473CA9
RGB	rgb(71, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(246, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(246, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.78, 36.14, -57.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.78, 67.63, 302.30°)
OKLab	oklab(43.56% 0.0332 -0.1643)
OKLCH	oklch(43.56% 0.168 281.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.3736, 7.4351, 38.3642)
Luminance	0.0744 (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

#473CA9 #9EA93C

analogous

#3C68A9 #473CA9 #7D3CA9

triadic

#473CA9 #A9473C #3CA947

tetradic

#473CA9 #A93C68 #9EA93C #3CA97D

square

#473CA9 #A93C68 #9EA93C #3CA97D

split-complementary

#473CA9 #A97D3C #68A93C

monochromatic

#211C4F #342C7C #473CA9 #675DC5 #928AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.44

#473CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.49

#473CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473CA9

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473CA9	1.00	8.44	2.49	8.44
#FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.6% 0.168 281.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8472c3',
    500: '#473ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473ca9;
$custom-light: #8472c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 246.055,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43564,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 281.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473CA9

secondary

#BAC081

accent

#D751CA

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #473CA9

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

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