#473EA9#473EA9

#473EA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 43.9% C 0.165 H 280.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#473EA9
RGB	rgb(71, 62, 169)
HSL	hsl(245, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(245, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58%, 63.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.24, 34.92, -56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.24, 66.34, 301.76°)
OKLab	oklab(43.9% 0.0313 -0.1621)
OKLCH	oklch(43.9% 0.165 280.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.4804, 7.6487, 38.3998)
Luminance	0.0765 (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

#473EA9 #A0A93E

analogous

#3E6AA9 #473EA9 #7D3EA9

triadic

#473EA9 #A9473E #3EA947

tetradic

#473EA9 #A93E6A #A0A93E #3EA97D

square

#473EA9 #A93E6A #A0A93E #3EA97D

split-complementary

#473EA9 #A97D3E #6AA93E

monochromatic

#211D4F #342E7C #473EA9 #6860C5 #938CD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.30

#473EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.53

#473EA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #473EA9

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##473EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##473EA9	1.00	8.30	2.53	8.30
#FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0052AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004AA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E586D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #473ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 62, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.9% 0.165 280.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8474c3',
    500: '#473ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #473ea9;
$custom-light: #8474c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#473ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.047,
    "s": 46.32,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43902,
    "c": 0.16513,
    "h": 280.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#473EA9

secondary

#BBC083

accent

#D652CB

background

#F8F7FC

surface

#F0EDF8

border

#CBC8D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #473EA9

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

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