#46237B#46237B

#46237B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.141 H 296.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46237B
RGB	rgb(70, 35, 123)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.1%, 71.5%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.45, 36.50, -44.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.45, 57.18, 309.67°)
OKLab	oklab(35.62% 0.0636 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(35.62% 0.141 296.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.7010, 3.9341, 19.1414)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 5.34

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46237B #587B23

analogous

#232C7B #46237B #72237B

triadic

#46237B #7B4623 #237B46

tetradic

#46237B #7B232C #587B23 #237B72

square

#46237B #7B232C #587B23 #237B72

split-complementary

#46237B #7B7223 #2C7B23

monochromatic

#10081C #2B154B #46237B #6131AB #7F4CCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.75

#46237B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#46237B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #46237B

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46237B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##46237B	1.00	11.75	1.79	11.75
#FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38384C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46237b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 35, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.141 296.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61a2',
    500: '#46237b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46237b;
$custom-light: #7f61a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46237b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.864,
    "s": 55.696,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35618,
    "c": 0.1409,
    "h": 296.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46237B

secondary

#87AE4C

accent

#DF49A3

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF3

border

#CAC6CD

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46237B

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

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