#462BA5#462BA5

#462BA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.183 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462BA5
RGB	rgb(70, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(253, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 73.9%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 44.50, -61.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 75.78, 305.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.55% 0.0472 -0.1766)
OKLCH	oklch(40.55% 0.183 285)
XYZ	xyz(10.1791, 5.7458, 36.1627)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462BA5 #8AA52B

analogous

#2B4DA5 #462BA5 #832BA5

triadic

#462BA5 #A5462B #2BA546

tetradic

#462BA5 #A52B4D #8AA52B #2BA583

square

#462BA5 #A52B4D #8AA52B #2BA583

split-complementary

#462BA5 #A5832B #4DA52B

monochromatic

#1D1244 #311E74 #462BA5 #5F40CD #8871DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#462BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#462BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462BA5

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462BA5	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#164C65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.183 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8467c1',
    500: '#462ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462ba5;
$custom-light: #8467c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.279,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40551,
    "c": 0.18278,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.05746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462BA5

secondary

#AEC16B

accent

#E246BF

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462BA5

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

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