#46237F#46237F

#46237F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.146 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#46237F
RGB	rgb(70, 35, 127)
HSL	hsl(263, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 50%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.9%, 72.4%, 0%, 50.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 37.64, -46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 59.43, 309.29°)
OKLab	oklab(35.97% 0.0628 -0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(35.97% 0.146 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.9566, 4.0363, 20.4871)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#46237F #5C7F23

analogous

#232E7F #46237F #74237F

triadic

#46237F #7F4623 #237F46

tetradic

#46237F #7F232E #5C7F23 #237F74

square

#46237F #7F232E #5C7F23 #237F74

split-complementary

#46237F #7F7423 #2E7F23

monochromatic

#11091F #2C164F #46237F #6030AF #7F4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#46237F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#46237F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #46237F

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##46237F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##46237F	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003982

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #46237f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 35, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.146 295.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f61a5',
    500: '#46237f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #46237f;
$custom-light: #7f61a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#46237f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.826,
    "s": 56.79,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35966,
    "c": 0.1458,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#46237F

secondary

#8BB14C

accent

#E048A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #46237F

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

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