#462C9F#462C9F

#462C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.174 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462C9F
RGB	rgb(70, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.40, 42.16, -58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.40, 71.94, 305.87°)
OKLab	oklab(40.12% 0.0477 -0.1677)
OKLCH	oklch(40.12% 0.174 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6826, 5.6061, 33.3660)
Luminance	0.0561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462C9F #859F2C

analogous

#2C4C9F #462C9F #7F2C9F

triadic

#462C9F #9F462C #2C9F46

tetradic

#462C9F #9F2C4C #859F2C #2C9F7F

square

#462C9F #9F2C4C #859F2C #2C9F7F

split-complementary

#462C9F #9F7F2C #4C9F2C

monochromatic

#1C113F #311F6F #462C9F #5E3ECA #866ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.90

#462C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#462C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462C9F

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462C9F	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)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.174 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368bc',
    500: '#462c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462c9f;
$custom-light: #8368bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.565,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40121,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462C9F

secondary

#ABBE69

accent

#E048BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462C9F

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

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