#4E23A9#4E23A9

#4E23A9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.195 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23A9
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 169)
HSL	hsl(259, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(259, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.8%, 79.3%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.61, 50.67, -63.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.61, 81.61, 308.38°)
OKLab	oklab(40.75% 0.0642 -0.184)
OKLCH	oklch(40.75% 0.195 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.9023, 5.6858, 38.0514)
Luminance	0.0569 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23A9 #7EA923

analogous

#233BA9 #4E23A9 #9123A9

triadic

#4E23A9 #A94E23 #23A94E

tetradic

#4E23A9 #A9233B #7EA923 #23A991

square

#4E23A9 #A9233B #7EA923 #23A991

split-complementary

#4E23A9 #A99123 #3BA923

monochromatic

#1F0E44 #371976 #4E23A9 #6834D5 #8E67DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.83

#4E23A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.14

#4E23A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23A9

9.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23A9	1.00	9.83	2.14	9.83
#FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2A4A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.195 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8a64c4',
    500: '#4e23a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23a9;
$custom-light: #8a64c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.254,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40754,
    "c": 0.19486,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23A9

secondary

#A6C563

accent

#E93FB2

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0D0613

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23A9

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

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