#462D8E#462D8E

#462D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.152 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462D8E
RGB	rgb(70, 45, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 68%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 68.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.11, 36.43, -49.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.11, 61.84, 306.09°)
OKLab	oklab(38.74% 0.0498 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(38.74% 0.152 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.3453, 5.1315, 26.1367)
Luminance	0.0513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462D8E #758E2D

analogous

#2D458E #462D8E #772D8E

triadic

#462D8E #8E462D #2D8E46

tetradic

#462D8E #8E2D45 #758E2D #2D8E77

square

#462D8E #8E2D45 #758E2D #2D8E77

split-complementary

#462D8E #8E772D #458E2D

monochromatic

#181031 #2F1E60 #462D8E #5D3CBC #8167CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.36

#462D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#462D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462D8E

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462D8E	1.00	10.36	2.03	10.36
#FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004291

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 45, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.152 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068b0',
    500: '#462d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462d8e;
$custom-light: #8068b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.464,
    "s": 51.872,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38736,
    "c": 0.15171,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462D8E

secondary

#A0B561

accent

#DB4CB7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #462D8E

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

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