#462FA9#462FA9

#462FA9 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.062; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.183 H 283.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#462FA9
RGB	rgb(70, 47, 169)
HSL	hsl(251, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(251, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.6%, 72.2%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.91, 43.55, -61.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.91, 75.65, 305.15°)
OKLab	oklab(41.48% 0.0432 -0.1781)
OKLCH	oklch(41.48% 0.183 283.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.7015, 6.1990, 38.1610)
Luminance	0.0620 (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

#462FA9 #92A92F

analogous

#2F55A9 #462FA9 #832FA9

triadic

#462FA9 #A9462F #2FA946

tetradic

#462FA9 #A92F55 #92A92F #2FA983

square

#462FA9 #A92F55 #92A92F #2FA983

split-complementary

#462FA9 #A9832F #55A92F

monochromatic

#1E1449 #322279 #462FA9 #6249CC #8B79DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.38

#462FA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.24

#462FA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #462FA9

9.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##462FA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##462FA9	1.00	9.38	2.24	9.38
#FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004AAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0C5069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#464646

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #462fa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(70, 47, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.183 283.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#856ac4',
    500: '#462fa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #462fa9;
$custom-light: #856ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#462fa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 70,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.311,
    "s": 56.481,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41478,
    "c": 0.1833,
    "h": 283.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#462FA9

secondary

#B3C272

accent

#E048C3

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #462FA9

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

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