#462B71#462B71

#462B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.116 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462B71
RGB	rgb(70, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(263, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.1%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.39, 28.99, -36.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.39, 46.31, 308.75°)
OKLab	oklab(36.05% 0.0548 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(36.05% 0.116 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3696, 4.2220, 16.0989)
Luminance	0.0422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.61

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462B71 #56712B

analogous

#2B3371 #462B71 #692B71

triadic

#462B71 #71462B #2B7146

tetradic

#462B71 #712B33 #56712B #2B7169

square

#462B71 #712B33 #56712B #2B7169

split-complementary

#462B71 #71692B #33712B

monochromatic

#0F0918 #2B1A45 #462B71 #613C9D #7F57BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.39

#462B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#462B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462B71

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462B71	1.00	11.39	1.84	11.39
#FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#033A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#11396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3C3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.116 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d659a',
    500: '#462b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462b71;
$custom-light: #7d659a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 263.143,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36052,
    "c": 0.11626,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462B71

secondary

#85A355

accent

#D553A3

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #462B71

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

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