#4B23AE#4B23AE

#4B23AE is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.201 H 286.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B23AE
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 174)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(257, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.9%, 79.9%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.78, 51.67, -66.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.78, 84.37, 307.77°)
OKLab	oklab(40.95% 0.058 -0.192)
OKLCH	oklch(40.95% 0.201 286.8)
XYZ	xyz(11.1404, 5.7533, 40.5597)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B23AE #86AE23

analogous

#2340AE #4B23AE #9023AE

triadic

#4B23AE #AE4B23 #23AE4B

tetradic

#4B23AE #AE2340 #86AE23 #23AE90

square

#4B23AE #AE2340 #86AE23 #23AE90

split-complementary

#4B23AE #AE9023 #40AE23

monochromatic

#1F0F48 #35197B #4B23AE #6537D7 #8C6AE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#4B23AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#4B23AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B23AE

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B23AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B23AE	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4C69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b23ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.201 286.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964c7',
    500: '#4b23ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b23ae;
$custom-light: #8964c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b23ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.266,
    "s": 66.507,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4095,
    "c": 0.2006,
    "h": 286.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B23AE

secondary

#ABC766

accent

#E93EB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B23AE

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

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