#4E23C9#4E23C9

#4E23C9 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.070; OKLCH L 44.0% C 0.230 H 283.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#4E23C9
RGB	rgb(78, 35, 201)
HSL	hsl(256, 70%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(256, 83%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.2%, 82.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.89, 59.39, -77.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.89, 97.66, 307.45°)
OKLab	oklab(44% 0.0536 -0.2235)
OKLCH	oklch(44% 0.23 283.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2823, 7.0378, 55.8528)
Luminance	0.0704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#4E23C9 #9EC923

analogous

#234BC9 #4E23C9 #A123C9

triadic

#4E23C9 #C94E23 #23C94E

tetradic

#4E23C9 #C9234B #9EC923 #23C9A1

square

#4E23C9 #C9234B #9EC923 #23C9A1

split-complementary

#4E23C9 #C9A123 #4BC923

monochromatic

#261161 #3A1A95 #4E23C9 #714ADF #9A7EE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.72

#4E23C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.41

#4E23C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #4E23C9

8.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##4E23C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##4E23C9	1.00	8.72	2.41	8.72
#FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0050CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0045C6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4B4B4B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #4e23c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(78, 35, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.0% 0.230 283.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8f66db',
    500: '#4e23c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #4e23c9;
$custom-light: #8f66db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#4e23c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 78,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.542,
    "s": 70.339,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44004,
    "c": 0.22988,
    "h": 283.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#4E23C9

secondary

#BAD177

accent

#ED3BBF

background

#F9F6FD

surface

#F2EBFB

border

#CCC6D4

text

#0E0615

muted

#7E7A83

Preview Lab

Preview with #4E23C9

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

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