#47236B#47236B

#47236B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.4% C 0.121 H 303.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47236B
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 107)
HSL	hsl(270, 51%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(270, 67%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(33.6%, 67.3%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.31, 32.30, -35.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.31, 48.06, 312.23°)
OKLab	oklab(34.43% 0.0671 -0.1009)
OKLCH	oklch(34.43% 0.121 303.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.8528, 3.6032, 14.2942)
Luminance	0.0360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47236B #476B23

analogous

#23236B #47236B #6B236B

triadic

#47236B #6B4723 #236B47

tetradic

#47236B #6B2323 #476B23 #236B6B

square

#47236B #6B2323 #476B23 #236B6B

split-complementary

#47236B #6B6B23 #236B23

monochromatic

#0F0817 #28143D #47236B #663299 #8446C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.21

#47236B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#47236B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47236B

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47236B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47236B	1.00	12.21	1.72	12.21
#FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00356D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0D3569

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#403243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47236b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.4% 0.121 303.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d6096',
    500: '#47236b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47236b;
$custom-light: #7d6096;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47236b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270,
    "s": 50.704,
    "l": 27.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34429,
    "c": 0.12122,
    "h": 303.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.03603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47236B

secondary

#759E4B

accent

#DA4E94

background

#F7F5F9

surface

#EEEAF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050D

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #47236B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →