#462EA4#462EA4

#462EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.178 H 284.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462EA4
RGB	rgb(70, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.3%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 42.58, -59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 73.51, 305.39°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.045 -0.1725)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.178 284.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2016, 5.9358, 35.7229)
Luminance	0.0594 (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

#462EA4 #8CA42E

analogous

#2E51A4 #462EA4 #812EA4

triadic

#462EA4 #A4462E #2EA446

tetradic

#462EA4 #A42E51 #8CA42E #2EA481

square

#462EA4 #A42E51 #8CA42E #2EA481

split-complementary

#462EA4 #A4812E #51A42E

monochromatic

#1D1344 #322174 #462EA4 #6045CB #8974D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#462EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#462EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462EA4

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462EA4	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#174E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.178 284.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469c0',
    500: '#462ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462ea4;
$custom-light: #8469c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.203,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40868,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 284.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462EA4

secondary

#AFC06E

accent

#DF48C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462EA4

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

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