#47238E#47238E

#47238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.4% C 0.164 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#47238E
RGB	rgb(71, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 42.09, -53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 67.69, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(37.43% 0.061 -0.1521)
OKLCH	oklch(37.43% 0.164 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0807, 4.4944, 26.0277)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#47238E #6A8E23

analogous

#23358E #47238E #7D238E

triadic

#47238E #8E4723 #238E47

tetradic

#47238E #8E2335 #6A8E23 #238E7D

square

#47238E #8E2335 #6A8E23 #238E7D

split-complementary

#47238E #8E7D23 #358E23

monochromatic

#160B2C #2E175D #47238E #602FBF #8156D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#47238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#47238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #47238E

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##47238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##47238E	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #47238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(71, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.4% 0.164 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8262b0',
    500: '#47238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #47238e;
$custom-light: #8262b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#47238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 71,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.187,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37434,
    "c": 0.16392,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#47238E

secondary

#97B953

accent

#E444AE

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #47238E

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

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