#46237C#46237C

#46237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.142 H 296.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46237C
RGB	rgb(70, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(264, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(264, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(43.5%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 36.79, -44.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 57.75, 309.57°)
OKLab	oklab(35.7% 0.0634 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(35.7% 0.142 296.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7640, 3.9593, 19.4727)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46237C #597C23

analogous

#232C7C #46237C #72237C

triadic

#46237C #7C4623 #237C46

tetradic

#46237C #7C232C #597C23 #237C72

square

#46237C #7C232C #597C23 #237C72

split-complementary

#46237C #7C7223 #2C7C23

monochromatic

#10081D #2B164C #46237C #6130AC #7F4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#46237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#46237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #46237C

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##46237C	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.142 296.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61a3',
    500: '#46237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46237c;
$custom-light: #7f61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.596,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35704,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 296.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46237C

secondary

#88AF4C

accent

#DF49A4

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46237C

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

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