#462B68#462B68

#462B68 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.4% C 0.104 H 301.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462B68
RGB	rgb(70, 43, 104)
HSL	hsl(267, 41%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(267, 59%, 41%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.7%, 58.7%, 0%, 59.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 26.42, -31.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 40.97, 310.16°)
OKLab	oklab(35.39% 0.0547 -0.0884)
OKLCH	oklch(35.39% 0.104 301.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.8878, 4.0293, 13.5616)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 8.00

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462B68 #4D682B

analogous

#2B2F68 #462B68 #652B68

triadic

#462B68 #68462B #2B6846

tetradic

#462B68 #682B2F #4D682B #2B6865

square

#462B68 #682B2F #4D682B #2B6865

split-complementary

#462B68 #68652B #2F682B

monochromatic

#0F0916 #29193D #462B68 #633D93 #8155B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#462B68 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#462B68 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462B68

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462B68	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462B68	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#13386A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1C3867

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3F3745

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462b68;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 43, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.4% 0.104 301.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c6593',
    500: '#462b68',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462b68;
$custom-light: #7c6593;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462b68",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.557,
    "s": 41.497,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35394,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 301.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462B68

secondary

#7B9A55

accent

#D1569B

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF1

border

#C9C6CB

text

#0A060D

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #462B68

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

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