#47237C#47237C

#47237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.142 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47237C
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.7%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.66, 36.99, -44.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.66, 57.72, 309.86°)
OKLab	oklab(35.82% 0.0649 -0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(35.82% 0.142 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8367, 3.9968, 19.4761)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.24

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47237C #587C23

analogous

#232B7C #47237C #73237C

triadic

#47237C #7C4723 #237C47

tetradic

#47237C #7C232B #587C23 #237C73

square

#47237C #7C232B #587C23 #237C73

split-complementary

#47237C #7C7323 #2B7C23

monochromatic

#10081D #2C164C #47237C #6230AC #804DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.67

#47237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#47237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47237C

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47237C	1.00	11.67	1.80	11.67
#FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00397F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.142 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61a3',
    500: '#47237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47237c;
$custom-light: #7f61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.27,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35821,
    "c": 0.14224,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47237C

secondary

#87AF4C

accent

#DF49A2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #47237C

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

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