#47237E#47237E

#47237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.145 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47237E
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(264, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.7%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 37.55, -45.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 58.84, 309.66°)
OKLab	oklab(35.99% 0.0646 -0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(35.99% 0.145 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9645, 4.0479, 20.1490)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47237E #5A7E23

analogous

#232D7E #47237E #75237E

triadic

#47237E #7E4723 #237E47

tetradic

#47237E #7E232D #5A7E23 #237E75

square

#47237E #7E232D #5A7E23 #237E75

split-complementary

#47237E #7E7523 #2D7E23

monochromatic

#11081E #2C164E #47237E #6230AE #804ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#47237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#47237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47237E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47237E	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39394E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.145 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061a4',
    500: '#47237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47237e;
$custom-light: #8061a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.736,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35994,
    "c": 0.14468,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47237E

secondary

#89B04C

accent

#E048A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #47237E

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

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