#4D23A4#4D23A4

#4D23A4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.189 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D23A4
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 164)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(53%, 78.7%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 49.16, -61.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 79.08, 308.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.16% 0.0642 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(40.16% 0.189 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3605, 5.4597, 35.6227)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D23A4 #7AA423

analogous

#233AA4 #4D23A4 #8E23A4

triadic

#4D23A4 #A44D23 #23A44D

tetradic

#4D23A4 #A4233A #7AA423 #23A48E

square

#4D23A4 #A4233A #7AA423 #23A48E

split-complementary

#4D23A4 #A48E23 #3AA423

monochromatic

#1E0D3F #351872 #4D23A4 #6631D3 #8B64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#4D23A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#4D23A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D23A4

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D23A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D23A4	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)

#0044A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4863

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d23a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.189 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963c0',
    500: '#4d23a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d23a4;
$custom-light: #8963c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d23a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.535,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40164,
    "c": 0.18929,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D23A4

secondary

#A3C360

accent

#E840B1

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D23A4

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

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