#4E23BC#4E23BC

#4E23BC is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.7% C 0.216 H 285.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23BC
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 188)
HSL	hsl(257, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(257, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.5%, 81.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.52, 55.86, -72.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.52, 91.25, 307.75°)
OKLab	oklab(42.66% 0.058 -0.2079)
OKLCH	oklch(42.66% 0.216 285.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.8173, 6.4518, 48.1371)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 5.46

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23BC #91BC23

analogous

#2344BC #4E23BC #9A23BC

triadic

#4E23BC #BC4E23 #23BC4E

tetradic

#4E23BC #BC2344 #91BC23 #23BC9A

square

#4E23BC #BC2344 #91BC23 #23BC9A

split-complementary

#4E23BC #BC9A23 #44BC23

monochromatic

#231055 #391988 #4E23BC #6C41DC #9474E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#4E23BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#4E23BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23BC

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23BC	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0E5271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.7% 0.216 285.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8d65d2',
    500: '#4e23bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23bc;
$custom-light: #8d65d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.863,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42658,
    "c": 0.2158,
    "h": 285.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.06453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23BC

secondary

#B2CC6F

accent

#EB3CBA

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFA

border

#CCC6D3

text

#0E0614

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23BC

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

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