#462AA3#462AA3

#462AA3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.181 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462AA3
RGB	rgb(70, 42, 163)
HSL	hsl(254, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.1%, 74.2%, 0%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 44.43, -60.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 75.26, 306.19°)
OKLab	oklab(40.23% 0.0485 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(40.23% 0.181 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.9626, 5.6018, 35.1995)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

#533CC6

ΔE00 6.74

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462AA3 #87A32A

analogous

#2A4BA3 #462AA3 #822AA3

triadic

#462AA3 #A3462A #2AA346

tetradic

#462AA3 #A32A4B #87A32A #2AA382

square

#462AA3 #A32A4B #87A32A #2AA382

split-complementary

#462AA3 #A3822A #4BA32A

monochromatic

#1C1142 #311D72 #462AA3 #5E3DCD #876EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#462AA3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#462AA3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462AA3

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462AA3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462AA3	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003FA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#194B64

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462aa3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 42, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.181 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467bf',
    500: '#462aa3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462aa3;
$custom-light: #8467bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462aa3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.884,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40226,
    "c": 0.18143,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462AA3

secondary

#ACC068

accent

#E246BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462AA3

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

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