#462E9F#462E9F

#462E9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.172 H 285.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462E9F
RGB	rgb(70, 46, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 71%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56%, 71.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.80, 41.05, -57.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.80, 70.76, 305.46°)
OKLab	oklab(40.41% 0.046 -0.1658)
OKLCH	oklch(40.41% 0.172 285.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.7589, 5.7587, 33.3915)
Luminance	0.0576 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#462E9F #879F2E

analogous

#2E4F9F #462E9F #7E2E9F

triadic

#462E9F #9F462E #2E9F46

tetradic

#462E9F #9F2E4F #879F2E #2E9F7E

square

#462E9F #9F2E4F #879F2E #2E9F7E

split-complementary

#462E9F #9F7E2E #4F9F2E

monochromatic

#1C1340 #312070 #462E9F #5E42C8 #8771D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.76

#462E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#462E9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462E9F

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462E9F	1.00	9.76	2.15	9.76
#FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00409D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E4C63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 46, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.172 285.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369bc',
    500: '#462e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462e9f;
$custom-light: #8369bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.743,
    "s": 55.122,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40405,
    "c": 0.17204,
    "h": 285.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462E9F

secondary

#ACBE6B

accent

#DE49BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462E9F

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

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