#4E23A8#4E23A8

#4E23A8 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.7% C 0.194 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23A8
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 168)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.6%, 79.2%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.51, 50.40, -63.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.51, 81.09, 308.43°)
OKLab	oklab(40.66% 0.0645 -0.1827)
OKLCH	oklch(40.66% 0.194 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8087, 5.6484, 37.5589)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23A8 #7DA823

analogous

#233BA8 #4E23A8 #9023A8

triadic

#4E23A8 #A84E23 #23A84E

tetradic

#4E23A8 #A8233B #7DA823 #23A890

square

#4E23A8 #A8233B #7DA823 #23A890

split-complementary

#4E23A8 #A89023 #3BA823

monochromatic

#1F0E43 #361875 #4E23A8 #6834D5 #8D66DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#4E23A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#4E23A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23A8

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23A8	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)

#0046AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4965

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.7% 0.194 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64c3',
    500: '#4e23a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23a8;
$custom-light: #8a64c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.398,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40656,
    "c": 0.19375,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23A8

secondary

#A5C562

accent

#E83FB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23A8

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

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