#462BA1#462BA1

#462BA1 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.178 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462BA1
RGB	rgb(70, 43, 161)
HSL	hsl(254, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.5%, 73.3%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.39, 43.30, -59.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.39, 73.61, 306.04°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0481 -0.1713)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.178 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.8207, 5.6025, 34.2752)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462BA1 #86A12B

analogous

#2B4BA1 #462BA1 #812BA1

triadic

#462BA1 #A1462B #2BA146

tetradic

#462BA1 #A12B4B #86A12B #2BA181

square

#462BA1 #A12B4B #86A12B #2BA181

split-complementary

#462BA1 #A1812B #4BA12B

monochromatic

#1C1140 #311E71 #462BA1 #5E3ECB #866ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#462BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#462BA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462BA1

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462BA1	1.00	9.90	2.12	9.90
#FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 43, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.178 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467be',
    500: '#462ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462ba1;
$custom-light: #8467be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.729,
    "s": 57.843,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4017,
    "c": 0.17792,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462BA1

secondary

#ABBF69

accent

#E147BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462BA1

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

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