#4C23A5#4C23A5

#4C23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.190 H 289.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C23A5
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.9%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.99, 49.30, -62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.99, 79.66, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0623 -0.1799)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.19 289.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3711, 5.4547, 36.0964)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C23A5 #7CA523

analogous

#233BA5 #4C23A5 #8D23A5

triadic

#4C23A5 #A54C23 #23A54C

tetradic

#4C23A5 #A5233B #7CA523 #23A58D

square

#4C23A5 #A5233B #7CA523 #23A58D

split-complementary

#4C23A5 #A58D23 #3BA523

monochromatic

#1D0E40 #351873 #4C23A5 #6532D3 #8B64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4C23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4C23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C23A5

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C23A5	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#294864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.190 289.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8863c1',
    500: '#4c23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c23a5;
$custom-light: #8863c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40158,
    "c": 0.19044,
    "h": 289.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C23A5

secondary

#A4C460

accent

#E840B3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C23A5

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

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