#462B8B#462B8B

#462B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.150 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462B8B
RGB	rgb(70, 43, 139)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 69.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.43, 36.68, -49.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.43, 61.38, 306.69°)
OKLab	oklab(38.17% 0.0524 -0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(38.17% 0.15 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0485, 4.8936, 24.9416)
Luminance	0.0489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462B8B #708B2B

analogous

#2B408B #462B8B #762B8B

triadic

#462B8B #8B462B #2B8B46

tetradic

#462B8B #8B2B40 #708B2B #2B8B76

square

#462B8B #8B2B40 #708B2B #2B8B76

split-complementary

#462B8B #8B762B #408B2B

monochromatic

#170E2E #2E1D5C #462B8B #5E39BA #8062CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.61

#462B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#462B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462B8B

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462B8B	1.00	10.61	1.98	10.61
#FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 43, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.150 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066ae',
    500: '#462b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462b8b;
$custom-light: #8066ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 52.747,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38171,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462B8B

secondary

#9CB55D

accent

#DC4CB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #462B8B

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

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