#4D23A5#4D23A5

#4D23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.190 H 289.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D23A5
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.10, 49.44, -62.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.10, 79.60, 308.40°)
OKLab	oklab(40.26% 0.0639 -0.1794)
OKLCH	oklch(40.26% 0.19 289.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4512, 5.4960, 36.1002)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D23A5 #7BA523

analogous

#233AA5 #4D23A5 #8E23A5

triadic

#4D23A5 #A54D23 #23A54D

tetradic

#4D23A5 #A5233A #7BA523 #23A58E

square

#4D23A5 #A5233A #7BA523 #23A58E

split-complementary

#4D23A5 #A58E23 #3AA523

monochromatic

#1E0E40 #351873 #4D23A5 #6632D3 #8C64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#4D23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#4D23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D23A5

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D23A5	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.190 289.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963c1',
    500: '#4d23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d23a5;
$custom-light: #8963c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40261,
    "c": 0.19042,
    "h": 289.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D23A5

secondary

#A3C460

accent

#E840B2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D23A5

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

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