#4A23B1#4A23B1

#4A23B1 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.204 H 285.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23B1
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 177)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 80.2%, 0%, 30.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.98, 52.39, -68.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.98, 85.97, 307.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.16% 0.0555 -0.1963)
OKLCH	oklch(41.16% 0.204 285.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.3585, 5.8316, 42.1135)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23B1 #8AB123

analogous

#2343B1 #4A23B1 #9123B1

triadic

#4A23B1 #B14A23 #23B14A

tetradic

#4A23B1 #B12343 #8AB123 #23B191

square

#4A23B1 #B12343 #8AB123 #23B191

split-complementary

#4A23B1 #B19123 #43B123

monochromatic

#1F0F4B #35197E #4A23B1 #6539D8 #8D6CE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#4A23B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A23B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23B1

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23B1	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.204 285.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964ca',
    500: '#4a23b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23b1;
$custom-light: #8964ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.479,
    "s": 66.981,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41157,
    "c": 0.20403,
    "h": 285.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23B1

secondary

#AEC868

accent

#EA3EBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23B1

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

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