#462AAD#462AAD

#462AAD is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 41.2% C 0.193 H 283.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462AAD
RGB	rgb(70, 42, 173)
HSL	hsl(253, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(253, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.5%, 75.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.35, 47.41, -65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.35, 80.60, 306.03°)
OKLab	oklab(41.2% 0.046 -0.1878)
OKLCH	oklch(41.2% 0.193 283.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8943, 5.9744, 40.1062)
Luminance	0.0597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462AAD #91AD2A

analogous

#2A50AD #462AAD #872AAD

triadic

#462AAD #AD462A #2AAD46

tetradic

#462AAD #AD2A50 #91AD2A #2AAD87

square

#462AAD #AD2A50 #91AD2A #2AAD87

split-complementary

#462AAD #AD872A #50AD2A

monochromatic

#1E124B #321E7C #462AAD #6143D1 #8B74DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.57

#462AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#462AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462AAD

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462AAD	1.00	9.57	2.19	9.57
#FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#014F6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 42, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.2% 0.193 283.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8667c7',
    500: '#462aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462aad;
$custom-light: #8667c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.824,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41197,
    "c": 0.19339,
    "h": 283.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462AAD

secondary

#B2C56E

accent

#E444C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #462AAD

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

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