#4E23C6#4E23C6

#4E23C6 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.227 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23C6
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 198)
HSL	hsl(256, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(256, 82%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.6%, 82.3%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.57, 58.58, -76.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.57, 96.19, 307.51°)
OKLab	oklab(43.69% 0.0546 -0.22)
OKLCH	oklch(43.69% 0.227 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.9328, 6.8980, 54.0124)
Luminance	0.0690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23C6 #9BC623

analogous

#234AC6 #4E23C6 #9F23C6

triadic

#4E23C6 #C64E23 #23C64E

tetradic

#4E23C6 #C6234A #9BC623 #23C69F

square

#4E23C6 #C6234A #9BC623 #23C69F

split-complementary

#4E23C6 #C69F23 #4AC623

monochromatic

#25115E #3A1A92 #4E23C6 #6F48DF #987CE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.82

#4E23C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#4E23C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23C6

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23C6	1.00	8.82	2.38	8.82
#FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004FCA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.227 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66d9',
    500: '#4e23c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23c6;
$custom-light: #8f66d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.828,
    "s": 69.957,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43691,
    "c": 0.22664,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.06899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23C6

secondary

#B8D075

accent

#ED3BBE

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23C6

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

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