#46237E#46237E

#46237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.145 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46237E
RGB	rgb(70, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.71, 37.35, -45.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.71, 58.87, 309.38°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.063 -0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.145 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.8917, 4.0104, 20.1456)
Luminance	0.0401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46237E #5B7E23

analogous

#232E7E #46237E #74237E

triadic

#46237E #7E4623 #237E46

tetradic

#46237E #7E232E #5B7E23 #237E74

square

#46237E #7E232E #5B7E23 #237E74

split-complementary

#46237E #7E7423 #2E7E23

monochromatic

#11081E #2B164E #46237E #6130AE #7F4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.65

#46237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#46237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #46237E

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##46237E	1.00	11.65	1.80	11.65
#FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.145 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61a4',
    500: '#46237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46237e;
$custom-light: #7f61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.077,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35878,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04011
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46237E

secondary

#8AB04C

accent

#E048A5

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46237E

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

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