#4E23B4#4E23B4

#4E23B4 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.8% C 0.207 H 287.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23B4
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 180)
HSL	hsl(258, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(258, 81%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.7%, 80.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.70, 53.68, -68.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.70, 87.23, 307.98°)
OKLab	oklab(41.85% 0.0607 -0.1979)
OKLCH	oklch(41.85% 0.207 287)
XYZ	xyz(11.9787, 6.1164, 43.7206)
Luminance	0.0612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.00

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23B4 #89B423

analogous

#2341B4 #4E23B4 #9723B4

triadic

#4E23B4 #B44E23 #23B44E

tetradic

#4E23B4 #B42341 #89B423 #23B497

square

#4E23B4 #B42341 #89B423 #23B497

split-complementary

#4E23B4 #B49723 #41B423

monochromatic

#220F4E #381981 #4E23B4 #6A3BD9 #916EE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.44

#4E23B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.22

#4E23B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23B4

9.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23B4	1.00	9.44	2.22	9.44
#FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.8% 0.207 287.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8c64cc',
    500: '#4e23b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23b4;
$custom-light: #8c64cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 257.793,
    "s": 67.442,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41846,
    "c": 0.20704,
    "h": 287
  },
  "luminance": 0.06117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23B4

secondary

#ADC969

accent

#EA3DB7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23B4

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

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