#4E23A0#4E23A0

#4E23A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 39.9% C 0.185 H 291.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23A0
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 160)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.2%, 78.1%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.74, 48.21, -59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.74, 76.93, 308.80°)
OKLab	oklab(39.88% 0.067 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(39.88% 0.185 291.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.0863, 5.3594, 33.7539)
Luminance	0.0536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23A0 #75A023

analogous

#2336A0 #4E23A0 #8C23A0

triadic

#4E23A0 #A04E23 #23A04E

tetradic

#4E23A0 #A02336 #75A023 #23A08C

square

#4E23A0 #A02336 #75A023 #23A08C

split-complementary

#4E23A0 #A08C23 #36A023

monochromatic

#1D0D3C #36186E #4E23A0 #672FD1 #8B61DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.14

#4E23A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.07

#4E23A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23A0

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23A0	1.00	10.14	2.07	10.14
#FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#324661

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.9% 0.185 291.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8963bd',
    500: '#4e23a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23a0;
$custom-light: #8963bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.64,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39884,
    "c": 0.18478,
    "h": 291.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23A0

secondary

#9FC15D

accent

#E741AE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23A0

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

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