#4D23A9#4D23A9

#4D23A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.195 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D23A9
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.4%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 50.54, -64.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 81.67, 308.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.65% 0.0627 -0.1845)
OKLCH	oklch(40.65% 0.195 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8209, 5.6439, 38.0476)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D23A9 #7FA923

analogous

#233CA9 #4D23A9 #9023A9

triadic

#4D23A9 #A94D23 #23A94D

tetradic

#4D23A9 #A9233C #7FA923 #23A990

square

#4D23A9 #A9233C #7FA923 #23A990

split-complementary

#4D23A9 #A99023 #3CA923

monochromatic

#1F0E44 #361976 #4D23A9 #6734D5 #8D67DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4D23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4D23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D23A9

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D23A9	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#284A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.195 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964c4',
    500: '#4d23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d23a9;
$custom-light: #8964c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.806,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40652,
    "c": 0.1949,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D23A9

secondary

#A6C563

accent

#E93FB4

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D23A9

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

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