#4E23A7#4E23A7

#4E23A7 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.193 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23A7
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 167)
HSL	hsl(260, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(260, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 79%, 0%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.41, 50.12, -63.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.41, 80.57, 308.47°)
OKLab	oklab(40.56% 0.0648 -0.1814)
OKLCH	oklch(40.56% 0.193 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.7159, 5.6113, 37.0702)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23A7 #7CA723

analogous

#233AA7 #4E23A7 #9023A7

triadic

#4E23A7 #A74E23 #23A74E

tetradic

#4E23A7 #A7233A #7CA723 #23A790

square

#4E23A7 #A7233A #7CA723 #23A790

split-complementary

#4E23A7 #A79023 #3AA723

monochromatic

#1F0E42 #361874 #4E23A7 #6733D4 #8D66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#4E23A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#4E23A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23A7

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23A7	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.193 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64c2',
    500: '#4e23a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23a7;
$custom-light: #8a64c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.545,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40559,
    "c": 0.19263,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23A7

secondary

#A4C461

accent

#E83FB1

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23A7

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

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