#4A23A7#4A23A7

#4A23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.193 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23A7
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(258, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(258, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.97, 49.59, -63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.97, 80.82, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(40.15% 0.0586 -0.1837)
OKLCH	oklch(40.15% 0.193 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.3981, 5.4474, 37.0553)
Luminance	0.0545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23A7 #80A723

analogous

#233EA7 #4A23A7 #8C23A7

triadic

#4A23A7 #A74A23 #23A74A

tetradic

#4A23A7 #A7233E #80A723 #23A78C

square

#4A23A7 #A7233E #80A723 #23A78C

split-complementary

#4A23A7 #A78C23 #3EA723

monochromatic

#1D0E42 #341874 #4A23A7 #6333D4 #8966DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.05

#4A23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4A23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23A7

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23A7	1.00	10.05	2.09	10.05
#FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#224965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.193 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763c2',
    500: '#4a23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23a7;
$custom-light: #8763c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.727,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40153,
    "c": 0.1928,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23A7

secondary

#A7C461

accent

#E83FB6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23A7

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

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