#462C78#462C78

#462C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.124 H 295.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462C78
RGB	rgb(70, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(261, 46%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(41.7%, 63.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.14, 30.42, -39.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.14, 49.76, 307.68°)
OKLab	oklab(36.76% 0.0532 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(36.76% 0.124 295.4)
XYZ	xyz(6.8157, 4.4594, 18.2673)
Luminance	0.0446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.15

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462C78 #5E782C

analogous

#2C3878 #462C78 #6C2C78

triadic

#462C78 #78462C #2C7846

tetradic

#462C78 #782C38 #5E782C #2C786C

square

#462C78 #782C38 #5E782C #2C786C

split-complementary

#462C78 #786C2C #38782C

monochromatic

#120B1E #2C1C4B #462C78 #603CA5 #7F5BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.10

#462C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#462C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462C78

11.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462C78	1.00	11.10	1.89	11.10
#FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#043A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#393D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.124 295.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d669f',
    500: '#462c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462c78;
$custom-light: #7d669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.526,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36758,
    "c": 0.12413,
    "h": 295.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462C78

secondary

#8DA957

accent

#D652A9

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #462C78

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

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