#462FA5#462FA5

#462FA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.061; OKLCH L 41.1% C 0.178 H 284.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462FA5
RGB	rgb(70, 47, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.54, 42.33, -60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.54, 73.47, 305.18°)
OKLab	oklab(41.1% 0.044 -0.1729)
OKLCH	oklch(41.1% 0.178 284.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.3318, 6.0511, 36.2136)
Luminance	0.0605 (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

#462FA5 #8EA52F

analogous

#2F53A5 #462FA5 #812FA5

triadic

#462FA5 #A5462F #2FA546

tetradic

#462FA5 #A52F53 #8EA52F #2FA581

square

#462FA5 #A52F53 #8EA52F #2FA581

split-complementary

#462FA5 #A5812F #53A52F

monochromatic

#1E1446 #322175 #462FA5 #6047CB #8976D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.50

#462FA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.21

#462FA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462FA5

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462FA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462FA5	1.00	9.50	2.21	9.50
#FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#154F67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462fa5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 47, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.1% 0.178 284.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#846ac1',
    500: '#462fa5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462fa5;
$custom-light: #846ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462fa5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.695,
    "s": 55.66,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41104,
    "c": 0.17836,
    "h": 284.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.06052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462FA5

secondary

#B0C070

accent

#DF49C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #462FA5

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

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