#47237A#47237A

#47237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.140 H 297.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47237A
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(265, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(265, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.8%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.49, 36.43, -43.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.49, 56.59, 310.07°)
OKLab	oklab(35.65% 0.0653 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(35.65% 0.14 297.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7115, 3.9467, 18.8168)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.37

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47237A #567A23

analogous

#232A7A #47237A #72237A

triadic

#47237A #7A4723 #237A47

tetradic

#47237A #7A232A #567A23 #237A72

square

#47237A #7A232A #567A23 #237A72

split-complementary

#47237A #7A7223 #2A7A23

monochromatic

#10081B #2B154A #47237A #6331AA #814CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.74

#47237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#47237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47237A

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47237A	1.00	11.74	1.79	11.74
#FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.140 297.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61a1',
    500: '#47237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47237a;
$custom-light: #7f61a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.828,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3565,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 297.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47237A

secondary

#85AD4C

accent

#DF49A1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #47237A

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

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