#4C23B3#4C23B3

#4C23B3 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.206 H 286.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4C23B3
RGB	rgb(76, 35, 179)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.5%, 80.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.39, 53.17, -68.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.39, 86.85, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(41.55% 0.0579 -0.1978)
OKLCH	oklch(41.55% 0.206 286.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.7158, 5.9926, 43.1784)
Luminance	0.0599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4C23B3 #8AB323

analogous

#2342B3 #4C23B3 #9423B3

triadic

#4C23B3 #B34C23 #23B34C

tetradic

#4C23B3 #B32342 #8AB323 #23B394

square

#4C23B3 #B32342 #8AB323 #23B394

split-complementary

#4C23B3 #B39423 #42B323

monochromatic

#210F4D #361980 #4C23B3 #683BD9 #8F6EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.55

#4C23B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#4C23B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4C23B3

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4C23B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4C23B3	1.00	9.55	2.20	9.55
#FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#184E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4c23b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(76, 35, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.206 286.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64cb',
    500: '#4c23b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4c23b3;
$custom-light: #8a64cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4c23b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 76,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.083,
    "s": 67.29,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41552,
    "c": 0.20608,
    "h": 286.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4C23B3

secondary

#AEC969

accent

#EA3EB9

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4C23B3

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

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