#4B23A4#4B23A4

#4B23A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.189 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B23A4
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.3%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.79, 48.89, -62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.79, 79.20, 308.12°)
OKLab	oklab(39.96% 0.0611 -0.1792)
OKLCH	oklch(39.96% 0.189 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.2016, 5.3778, 35.6152)
Luminance	0.0538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B23A4 #7CA423

analogous

#233BA4 #4B23A4 #8C23A4

triadic

#4B23A4 #A44B23 #23A44B

tetradic

#4B23A4 #A4233B #7CA423 #23A48C

square

#4B23A4 #A4233B #7CA423 #23A48C

split-complementary

#4B23A4 #A48C23 #3BA423

monochromatic

#1D0D3F #341872 #4B23A4 #6331D3 #8964DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.12

#4B23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#4B23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B23A4

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B23A4	1.00	10.12	2.08	10.12
#FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0044A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003EA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#274863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.189 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8763c0',
    500: '#4b23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b23a4;
$custom-light: #8763c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.605,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39958,
    "c": 0.18936,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B23A4

secondary

#A4C360

accent

#E840B4

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B23A4

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

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