#4A23A4#4A23A4

#4A23A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.189 H 288.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23A4
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.68, 48.76, -62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.68, 79.26, 307.96°)
OKLab	oklab(39.86% 0.0595 -0.1798)
OKLCH	oklch(39.86% 0.189 288.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.1239, 5.3377, 35.6116)
Luminance	0.0534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23A4 #7DA423

analogous

#233CA4 #4A23A4 #8B23A4

triadic

#4A23A4 #A44A23 #23A44A

tetradic

#4A23A4 #A4233C #7DA423 #23A48B

square

#4A23A4 #A4233C #7DA423 #23A48B

split-complementary

#4A23A4 #A48B23 #3CA423

monochromatic

#1C0D3F #331872 #4A23A4 #6231D3 #8964DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.16

#4A23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4A23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23A4

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23A4	1.00	10.16	2.07	10.16
#FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#254863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.189 288.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763c0',
    500: '#4a23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23a4;
$custom-light: #8763c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.14,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39856,
    "c": 0.18939,
    "h": 288.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23A4

secondary

#A5C360

accent

#E840B5

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23A4

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

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