#462D9E#462D9E

#462D9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.172 H 285.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462D9E
RGB	rgb(70, 45, 158)
HSL	hsl(253, 56%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.7%, 71.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.50, 41.30, -57.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.50, 70.80, 305.68°)
OKLab	oklab(40.17% 0.0471 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(40.17% 0.172 285.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6339, 5.6470, 32.9235)
Luminance	0.0565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462D9E #859E2D

analogous

#2D4D9E #462D9E #7E2D9E

triadic

#462D9E #9E462D #2D9E46

tetradic

#462D9E #9E2D4D #859E2D #2D9E7E

square

#462D9E #9E2D4D #859E2D #2D9E7E

split-complementary

#462D9E #9E7E2D #4D9E2D

monochromatic

#1C123F #311F6E #462D9E #5E40C9 #866FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.86

#462D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#462D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462D9E

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462D9E	1.00	9.86	2.13	9.86
#FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1F4B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 45, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.172 285.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368bc',
    500: '#462d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462d9e;
$custom-light: #8368bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.274,
    "s": 55.665,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40169,
    "c": 0.17196,
    "h": 285.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462D9E

secondary

#ABBD69

accent

#DF49BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462D9E

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

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