#4B23B2#4B23B2

#4B23B2 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.4% C 0.205 H 286.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B23B2
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 178)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.19, 52.78, -68.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.19, 86.41, 307.65°)
OKLab	oklab(41.35% 0.0567 -0.1971)
OKLCH	oklch(41.35% 0.205 286)
XYZ	xyz(11.5361, 5.9116, 42.6440)
Luminance	0.0591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B23B2 #8AB223

analogous

#2343B2 #4B23B2 #9323B2

triadic

#4B23B2 #B24B23 #23B24B

tetradic

#4B23B2 #B22343 #8AB223 #23B293

square

#4B23B2 #B22343 #8AB223 #23B293

split-complementary

#4B23B2 #B29323 #43B223

monochromatic

#200F4C #35197F #4B23B2 #663AD8 #8E6DE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#4B23B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#4B23B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B23B2

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B23B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B23B2	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)

#0048B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#154E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b23b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.4% 0.205 286.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64ca',
    500: '#4b23b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b23b2;
$custom-light: #8a64ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b23b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.783,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41354,
    "c": 0.20506,
    "h": 286
  },
  "luminance": 0.05912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B23B2

secondary

#AEC968

accent

#EA3EBA

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B23B2

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

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