#47238A#47238A

#47238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.1% C 0.159 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47238A
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.6%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.88, 40.95, -51.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.88, 65.50, 308.69°)
OKLab	oklab(37.07% 0.062 -0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(37.07% 0.159 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7857, 4.3764, 24.4743)
Luminance	0.0438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.14

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47238A #668A23

analogous

#23338A #47238A #7B238A

triadic

#47238A #8A4723 #238A47

tetradic

#47238A #8A2333 #668A23 #238A7B

square

#47238A #8A2333 #668A23 #238A7B

split-complementary

#47238A #8A7B23 #338A23

monochromatic

#150A28 #2E1759 #47238A #602FBB #8054D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.20

#47238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#47238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47238A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47238A	1.00	11.20	1.88	11.20
#FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.1% 0.159 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161ad',
    500: '#47238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47238a;
$custom-light: #8161ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.971,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37065,
    "c": 0.15915,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47238A

secondary

#94B751

accent

#E345AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #47238A

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

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