#462B8D#462B8D

#462B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.3% C 0.153 H 289.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462B8D
RGB	rgb(70, 43, 141)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 69.5%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.60, 37.28, -50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.60, 62.51, 306.61°)
OKLab	oklab(38.35% 0.052 -0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(38.35% 0.153 289.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1960, 4.9526, 25.7182)
Luminance	0.0495 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462B8D #728D2B

analogous

#2B418D #462B8D #772B8D

triadic

#462B8D #8D462B #2B8D46

tetradic

#462B8D #8D2B41 #728D2B #2B8D77

square

#462B8D #8D2B41 #728D2B #2B8D77

split-complementary

#462B8D #8D772B #418D2B

monochromatic

#170E2F #2F1D5E #462B8D #5D39BC #8163CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.55

#462B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#462B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462B8D

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462B8D	1.00	10.55	1.99	10.55
#FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 43, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.3% 0.153 289.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8066af',
    500: '#462b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462b8d;
$custom-light: #8066af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.531,
    "s": 53.261,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38346,
    "c": 0.15301,
    "h": 289.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462B8D

secondary

#9EB65E

accent

#DD4BB5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #462B8D

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

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