#461B8E#461B8E

#461B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.172 H 292.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#461B8E
RGB	rgb(70, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.80, 45.72, -55.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.80, 71.82, 309.54°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.066 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.172 292.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7988, 4.0387, 25.9546)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.67

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#461B8E #638E1B

analogous

#1B298E #461B8E #7F1B8E

triadic

#461B8E #8E461B #1B8E46

tetradic

#461B8E #8E1B29 #638E1B #1B8E7F

square

#461B8E #8E1B29 #638E1B #1B8E7F

split-complementary

#461B8E #8E7F1B #298E1B

monochromatic

#130727 #2D115B #461B8E #5F25C1 #7F47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#461B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#461B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #461B8E

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##461B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##461B8E	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #461b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.172 292.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#825db0',
    500: '#461b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #461b8e;
$custom-light: #825db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#461b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.435,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36396,
    "c": 0.17222,
    "h": 292.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#461B8E

secondary

#91BE47

accent

#EB3DAA

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F6

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #461B8E

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

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