#462C8A#462C8A

#462C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.148 H 290.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462C8A
RGB	rgb(70, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(257, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.56, 35.80, -48.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.56, 60.19, 306.50°)
OKLab	oklab(38.24% 0.0515 -0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(38.24% 0.148 290.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.0126, 4.9381, 24.5708)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462C8A #708A2C

analogous

#2C418A #462C8A #752C8A

triadic

#462C8A #8A462C #2C8A46

tetradic

#462C8A #8A2C41 #708A2C #2C8A75

square

#462C8A #8A2C41 #708A2C #2C8A75

split-complementary

#462C8A #8A752C #418A2C

monochromatic

#170E2D #2E1D5C #462C8A #5E3BB8 #8063CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#462C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#462C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462C8A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462C8A	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.148 290.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067ad',
    500: '#462c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462c8a;
$custom-light: #8067ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38237,
    "c": 0.14786,
    "h": 290.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.04938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462C8A

secondary

#9CB45E

accent

#DB4DB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #462C8A

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

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