#462CA4#462CA4

#462CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.6% C 0.180 H 285.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462CA4
RGB	rgb(70, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.86, 43.67, -60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.86, 74.67, 305.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.59% 0.0466 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(40.59% 0.18 285)
XYZ	xyz(10.1253, 5.7832, 35.6975)
Luminance	0.0578 (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

#462CA4 #8AA42C

analogous

#2C4EA4 #462CA4 #822CA4

triadic

#462CA4 #A4462C #2CA446

tetradic

#462CA4 #A42C4E #8AA42C #2CA482

square

#462CA4 #A42C4E #8AA42C #2CA482

split-complementary

#462CA4 #A4822C #4EA42C

monochromatic

#1D1243 #311F74 #462CA4 #5F41CC #8871D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.74

#462CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.16

#462CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462CA4

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462CA4	1.00	9.74	2.16	9.74
#FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.6% 0.180 285.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468c0',
    500: '#462ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462ca4;
$custom-light: #8468c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4059,
    "c": 0.18048,
    "h": 285
  },
  "luminance": 0.05784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462CA4

secondary

#AEC06B

accent

#E147C0

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462CA4

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

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