#4A23CA#4A23CA

#4A23CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.232 H 281.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4A23CA
RGB	rgb(74, 35, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(254, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(63.4%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.63, 59.29, -78.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.63, 98.42, 307.04°)
OKLab	oklab(43.76% 0.0472 -0.2267)
OKLCH	oklch(43.76% 0.232 281.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.0824, 6.9211, 56.4595)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4A23CA #A3CA23

analogous

#2350CA #4A23CA #9E23CA

triadic

#4A23CA #CA4A23 #23CA4A

tetradic

#4A23CA #CA2350 #A3CA23 #23CA9E

square

#4A23CA #CA2350 #A3CA23 #23CA9E

split-complementary

#4A23CA #CA9E23 #50CA23

monochromatic

#241162 #371A96 #4A23CA #6D4AE0 #977FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#4A23CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4A23CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4A23CA

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4A23CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4A23CA	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0044C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4a23ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(74, 35, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.232 281.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d66dc',
    500: '#4a23ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4a23ca;
$custom-light: #8d66dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4a23ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 74,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.012,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43762,
    "c": 0.23152,
    "h": 281.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.06922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4A23CA

secondary

#BCD178

accent

#ED3BC4

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4A23CA

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

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