#462E8A#462E8A

#462E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.6% C 0.145 H 289.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462E8A
RGB	rgb(70, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.3%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.99, 34.62, -47.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.99, 58.93, 305.98°)
OKLab	oklab(38.55% 0.0493 -0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(38.55% 0.145 289.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.0889, 5.0907, 24.5962)
Luminance	0.0509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462E8A #728A2E

analogous

#2E448A #462E8A #742E8A

triadic

#462E8A #8A462E #2E8A46

tetradic

#462E8A #8A2E44 #728A2E #2E8A74

square

#462E8A #8A2E44 #728A2E #2E8A74

split-complementary

#462E8A #8A742E #448A2E

monochromatic

#170F2E #2F1F5C #462E8A #5D3DB8 #8166CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.41

#462E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.02

#462E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462E8A

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462E8A	1.00	10.41	2.02	10.41
#FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#304457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.6% 0.145 289.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068ad',
    500: '#462e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462e8a;
$custom-light: #8068ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.652,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3855,
    "c": 0.14517,
    "h": 289.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462E8A

secondary

#9EB361

accent

#DA4EB5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #462E8A

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