#4A23A6#4A23A6

#4A23A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.192 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23A6
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(258, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.87, 49.32, -63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.87, 80.30, 307.89°)
OKLab	oklab(40.05% 0.0589 -0.1824)
OKLCH	oklch(40.05% 0.192 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3060, 5.4105, 36.5703)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23A6 #7FA623

analogous

#233DA6 #4A23A6 #8C23A6

triadic

#4A23A6 #A64A23 #23A64A

tetradic

#4A23A6 #A6233D #7FA623 #23A68C

square

#4A23A6 #A6233D #7FA623 #23A68C

split-complementary

#4A23A6 #A68C23 #3DA623

monochromatic

#1D0E41 #331873 #4A23A6 #6232D4 #8965DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.09

#4A23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4A23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23A6

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23A6	1.00	10.09	2.08	10.09
#FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#234964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.192 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763c2',
    500: '#4a23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23a6;
$custom-light: #8763c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.863,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40054,
    "c": 0.19166,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23A6

secondary

#A6C461

accent

#E840B6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23A6

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

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