#4B23B8#4B23B8

#4B23B8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.212 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B23B8
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 184)
HSL	hsl(256, 68%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(256, 81%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 81%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.81, 54.44, -70.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.81, 89.45, 307.49°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% 0.0547 -0.2045)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.212 285)
XYZ	xyz(12.1518, 6.1578, 45.8864)
Luminance	0.0616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B23B8 #90B823

analogous

#2346B8 #4B23B8 #9523B8

triadic

#4B23B8 #B84B23 #23B84B

tetradic

#4B23B8 #B82346 #90B823 #23B895

square

#4B23B8 #B82346 #90B823 #23B895

split-complementary

#4B23B8 #B89523 #46B823

monochromatic

#210F51 #361985 #4B23B8 #683EDA #9071E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.41

#4B23B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.23

#4B23B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B23B8

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B23B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B23B8	1.00	9.41	2.23	9.41
#FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004ABC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#04506F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b23b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.212 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64cf',
    500: '#4b23b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b23b8;
$custom-light: #8b64cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b23b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.107,
    "s": 68.037,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41967,
    "c": 0.21172,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.06159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B23B8

secondary

#B1CB6C

accent

#EB3DBC

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B23B8

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

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