#4D23A6#4D23A6

#4D23A6 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.192 H 289.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D23A6
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 166)
HSL	hsl(259, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 78.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 49.71, -62.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 80.12, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(40.36% 0.0636 -0.1807)
OKLCH	oklch(40.36% 0.192 289.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.5425, 5.5325, 36.5814)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D23A6 #7CA623

analogous

#233AA6 #4D23A6 #8F23A6

triadic

#4D23A6 #A64D23 #23A64D

tetradic

#4D23A6 #A6233A #7CA623 #23A68F

square

#4D23A6 #A6233A #7CA623 #23A68F

split-complementary

#4D23A6 #A68F23 #3AA623

monochromatic

#1E0E41 #361873 #4D23A6 #6632D4 #8C65DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#4D23A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4D23A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D23A6

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D23A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D23A6	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d23a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.192 289.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964c2',
    500: '#4d23a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d23a6;
$custom-light: #8964c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d23a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.237,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40358,
    "c": 0.19154,
    "h": 289.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D23A6

secondary

#A4C461

accent

#E840B2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D23A6

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

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