Information about #462A74 color

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Basic facts about this digital color

#462A74 falls into the Violet Color Family — Moderate Saturation, Neutral brightness. Its exact recipe is rgb(70, 42, 116) — 27.5% red, 16.5% green, 45.5% blue — and for print it converts to CMYK 18 / 29 / 0 / 55. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

The color #462A74 reads as a clearly saturated twilight violet and occupies the middle of the lightness scale. Expect to see shades like this in versatile mid-ground roles, from cards to secondary buttons. In The Official Register of Color Names it is a hair away from Windsor (#462C77). Slightly further away sit As You Like It Liz (#482E6A) and Funtasia (#4C3371).

In RGB terms — rgb(70, 42, 116) — the blue channel does the heavy lifting here. Accessibility-wise, white text works best on #462A74: 11.4:1 contrast (passing WCAG AAA) versus 1.8:1 for black. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.

#462A74 color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#462A74 color tints

Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
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White

#FFFFFF

#462A74 color shades

Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
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Black

#000000

#462A74 color tones

Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
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Grey

#808080

#462A74 color hues

A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
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#462A74 color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes
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Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme
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Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme
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Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme
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Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme
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Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme
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Nearest named colors to #462A74

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Windsor color link
Windsor

#462C77

As You Like It Liz color link
As You Like It Liz

#482E6A

Funtasia color link
Funtasia

#4C3371

AILeadingPlume color link
AILeadingPlume

#4F276D

Dancing Queen color link
Dancing Queen

#4A2D68

Minsk color link
Minsk

#3F307F

Spanish Violet color link
Spanish Violet

#4C2882

Fairground color link
Fairground

#483A79

Aesthetic Purple color link
Aesthetic Purple

#502380

Hallmark Purple color link
Hallmark Purple

#452C63

Jelly color link
Jelly

#3E3267

Regalia color link
Regalia

#522D80

#462A74 color backgrounds & wallpapers

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Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#462A74
  • RGB70, 42, 116
  • CMYK18, 29, 0, 55
  • CSSrgb(70, 42, 116)
  • HSL263°, 47%, 31%
  • HSL Precise262.703°, 46.835%, 30.98%
  • HSV263°, 64%, 45%
  • HSB263°, 64%, 45%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.275
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.165
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.455
  • GLSLvec3(0.275, 0.165, 0.455)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.275, 0.165, 0.455, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.275, 0.165, 0.455)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB27.5%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB16.5%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB45.5%
  • Color FamilyViolet
  • Saturation FamilyModerate Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyNeutral
  • HEX ID462A74
  • DECIMAL ID4598388
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01

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