#4A23B2#4A23B2

#4A23B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.3% C 0.205 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23B2
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.09, 52.66, -68.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.09, 86.48, 307.52°)
OKLab	oklab(41.26% 0.0552 -0.1976)
OKLCH	oklch(41.26% 0.205 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.4585, 5.8716, 42.6404)
Luminance	0.0587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23B2 #8BB223

analogous

#2343B2 #4A23B2 #9223B2

triadic

#4A23B2 #B24A23 #23B24A

tetradic

#4A23B2 #B22343 #8BB223 #23B292

square

#4A23B2 #B22343 #8BB223 #23B292

split-complementary

#4A23B2 #B29223 #43B223

monochromatic

#1F0F4C #35197F #4A23B2 #653AD8 #8D6DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.66

#4A23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#4A23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23B2

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23B2	1.00	9.66	2.17	9.66
#FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.3% 0.205 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964ca',
    500: '#4a23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23b2;
$custom-light: #8964ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.364,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41259,
    "c": 0.20515,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23B2

secondary

#AEC968

accent

#EA3EBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23B2

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

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