#4A23B3#4A23B3

#4A23B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.206 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23B3
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 179)
HSL	hsl(256, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(256, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 52.94, -69.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 86.98, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.36% 0.0548 -0.1988)
OKLCH	oklch(41.36% 0.206 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.5593, 5.9119, 43.1711)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23B3 #8CB323

analogous

#2344B3 #4A23B3 #9223B3

triadic

#4A23B3 #B34A23 #23B34A

tetradic

#4A23B3 #B32344 #8CB323 #23B392

square

#4A23B3 #B32344 #8CB323 #23B392

split-complementary

#4A23B3 #B39223 #44B323

monochromatic

#200F4D #351980 #4A23B3 #653BD9 #8D6EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4A23B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4A23B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23B3

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23B3	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0D4E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.206 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964cb',
    500: '#4a23b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23b3;
$custom-light: #8964cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.25,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41361,
    "c": 0.20627,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23B3

secondary

#AFC969

accent

#EA3EBB

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23B3

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

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