#4B23CA#4B23CA

#4B23CA is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 43.8% C 0.231 H 282.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4B23CA
RGB	rgb(75, 35, 202)
HSL	hsl(254, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(254, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.9%, 82.7%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.72, 59.38, -78.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.72, 98.35, 307.14°)
OKLab	oklab(43.85% 0.0487 -0.2262)
OKLCH	oklch(43.85% 0.231 282.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1600, 6.9611, 56.4631)
Luminance	0.0696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4B23CA #A2CA23

analogous

#234FCA #4B23CA #9F23CA

triadic

#4B23CA #CA4B23 #23CA4B

tetradic

#4B23CA #CA234F #A2CA23 #23CA9F

square

#4B23CA #CA234F #A2CA23 #23CA9F

split-complementary

#4B23CA #CA9F23 #4FCA23

monochromatic

#241162 #381A96 #4B23CA #6E4AE0 #987FE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.78

#4B23CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.39

#4B23CA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4B23CA

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4B23CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4B23CA	1.00	8.78	2.39	8.78
#FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050CE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4b23ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(75, 35, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.8% 0.231 282.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8e66dc',
    500: '#4b23ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4b23ca;
$custom-light: #8e66dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4b23ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 75,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.371,
    "s": 70.464,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43848,
    "c": 0.23138,
    "h": 282.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.06962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4B23CA

secondary

#BCD178

accent

#ED3BC2

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4B23CA

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

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