#4E23A5#4E23A5

#4E23A5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.190 H 290.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23A5
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 165)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(52.7%, 78.8%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.22, 49.58, -62.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.22, 79.54, 308.56°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.0654 -0.1788)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.19 290.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5325, 5.5379, 36.1040)
Luminance	0.0554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23A5 #7AA523

analogous

#2339A5 #4E23A5 #8F23A5

triadic

#4E23A5 #A54E23 #23A54E

tetradic

#4E23A5 #A52339 #7AA523 #23A58F

square

#4E23A5 #A52339 #7AA523 #23A58F

split-complementary

#4E23A5 #A58F23 #39A523

monochromatic

#1E0E40 #361873 #4E23A5 #6732D3 #8D64DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.96

#4E23A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#4E23A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23A5

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23A5	1.00	9.96	2.11	9.96
#FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4864

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.190 290.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8964c1',
    500: '#4e23a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23a5;
$custom-light: #8964c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40365,
    "c": 0.19039,
    "h": 290.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23A5

secondary

#A3C460

accent

#E840B0

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0612

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23A5

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

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