#4D23B4#4D23B4

#4D23B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.7% C 0.207 H 286.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4D23B4
RGB	rgb(77, 35, 180)
HSL	hsl(257, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.2%, 80.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.60, 53.56, -68.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.60, 87.29, 307.85°)
OKLab	oklab(41.75% 0.0591 -0.1985)
OKLCH	oklch(41.75% 0.207 286.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.8973, 6.0745, 43.7167)
Luminance	0.0607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4D23B4 #8AB423

analogous

#2342B4 #4D23B4 #9523B4

triadic

#4D23B4 #B44D23 #23B44D

tetradic

#4D23B4 #B42342 #8AB423 #23B495

square

#4D23B4 #B42342 #8AB423 #23B495

split-complementary

#4D23B4 #B49523 #42B423

monochromatic

#210F4E #371981 #4D23B4 #693BD9 #906EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.48

#4D23B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4D23B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4D23B4

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4D23B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4D23B4	1.00	9.48	2.22	9.48
#FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1A4F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4d23b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(77, 35, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.7% 0.207 286.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8b64cc',
    500: '#4d23b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4d23b4;
$custom-light: #8b64cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4d23b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 77,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.379,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41749,
    "c": 0.20711,
    "h": 286.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4D23B4

secondary

#AEC969

accent

#EA3DB8

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4D23B4

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

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