#47157E#47157E

#47157E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.034; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.160 H 298.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47157E
RGB	rgb(71, 21, 126)
HSL	hsl(269, 71%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(269, 83%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 83.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(21.51, 44.14, -49.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(21.51, 66.01, 311.97°)
OKLab	oklab(34.37% 0.0775 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(34.37% 0.16 298.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.6316, 3.3822, 20.0381)
Luminance	0.0338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47157E #4C7E15

analogous

#15187E #47157E #7C157E

triadic

#47157E #7E4715 #157E47

tetradic

#47157E #7E1518 #4C7E15 #157E7C

square

#47157E #7E1518 #4C7E15 #157E7C

split-complementary

#47157E #7E7C15 #187E15

monochromatic

#0F041A #290C4A #47157E #651EB2 #8331DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.53

#47157E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.68

#47157E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47157E

12.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47157E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47157E	1.00	12.53	1.68	12.53
#FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003481

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00337C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39334A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#343434

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47157e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 21, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.160 298.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815aa4',
    500: '#47157e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47157e;
$custom-light: #815aa4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47157e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 21,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.571,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34365,
    "c": 0.16046,
    "h": 298.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47157E

secondary

#7AB33C

accent

#EE3A98

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #47157E

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

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