#46237D#46237D

#46237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.143 H 296.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46237D
RGB	rgb(70, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(44%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 37.07, -45.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 58.31, 309.47°)
OKLab	oklab(35.79% 0.0632 -0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(35.79% 0.143 296.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8275, 3.9847, 19.8075)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46237D #5A7D23

analogous

#232D7D #46237D #73237D

triadic

#46237D #7D4623 #237D46

tetradic

#46237D #7D232D #5A7D23 #237D73

square

#46237D #7D232D #5A7D23 #237D73

split-complementary

#46237D #7D7323 #2D7D23

monochromatic

#10081D #2B164D #46237D #6130AD #7F4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#46237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#46237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #46237D

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##46237D	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#38394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.143 296.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.333,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35791,
    "c": 0.14336,
    "h": 296.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46237D

secondary

#89AF4C

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46237D

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

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