#47238B#47238B

#47238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.160 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47238B
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(48.9%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.97, 41.23, -51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.97, 66.05, 308.63°)
OKLab	oklab(37.16% 0.0618 -0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(37.16% 0.16 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.8585, 4.4055, 24.8574)
Luminance	0.0441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47238B #678B23

analogous

#23338B #47238B #7B238B

triadic

#47238B #8B4723 #238B47

tetradic

#47238B #8B2333 #678B23 #238B7B

square

#47238B #8B2333 #678B23 #238B7B

split-complementary

#47238B #8B7B23 #338B23

monochromatic

#150A29 #2E175A #47238B #602FBC #8154D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.16

#47238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#47238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47238B

11.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47238B	1.00	11.16	1.88	11.16
#FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#323E55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.160 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8162ae',
    500: '#47238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47238b;
$custom-light: #8162ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.769,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37156,
    "c": 0.16035,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47238B

secondary

#95B852

accent

#E345AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #47238B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →