#46237A#46237A

#46237A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.5% C 0.140 H 297.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46237A
RGB	rgb(70, 35, 122)
HSL	hsl(264, 55%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 71%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.37, 36.22, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.37, 56.62, 309.77°)
OKLab	oklab(35.53% 0.0637 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(35.53% 0.14 297.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.6388, 3.9092, 18.8134)
Luminance	0.0391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.40

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46237A #577A23

analogous

#232B7A #46237A #71237A

triadic

#46237A #7A4623 #237A46

tetradic

#46237A #7A232B #577A23 #237A71

square

#46237A #7A232B #577A23 #237A71

split-complementary

#46237A #7A7123 #2B7A23

monochromatic

#0F081B #2B154A #46237A #6131AA #7F4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.79

#46237A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#46237A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #46237A

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46237A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##46237A	1.00	11.79	1.78	11.79
#FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#39384B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46237a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 35, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.5% 0.140 297.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61a1',
    500: '#46237a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46237a;
$custom-light: #7e61a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46237a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 264.138,
    "s": 55.414,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35532,
    "c": 0.13967,
    "h": 297.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46237A

secondary

#86AD4C

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46237A

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

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