Palettes / Colors / #461985

#461985 — Purple

#461985 is a purple color we call Purple, closest to the named color Indigo (#4B0082). It belongs to the purple family.

Color name

Closest CSS keyword: indigo (#4B0082) — not an exact match. CSS indigo gives you #4B0082, a different color; use #461985 when you need this exact shade.

Sources: common names follow widely used color-name references; CSS keywords and their hex values follow the CSS Color specification.

#461985 is a cool purple color associated with luxury, creativity and mystery. It is saturated enough to be the accent — buttons, highlights and calls to action — while neutrals do the quiet work around it.

Its strongest partner is its complement #588519; it also sits naturally between #192285 and #7C1985. In the palettes below you can see it working alongside real color combinations from our collection.

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Color values

RGB & CMYK percentages

Red 27% · Green 10% · Blue 52%

Cyan 47% · Magenta 81% · Yellow 0% · Key 48%

CMYK values are unprofiled approximations for screen reference — not a print-proofing guarantee.

Previews

CSS code for #461985

.text { color: #461985; }
.background { background-color: #461985; }
.border { border: 3px solid #461985; }
.text-rgb { color: rgb(70, 25, 133); }
.text-hsl { color: hsl(265, 68%, 31%); }
.text-shadow-hex { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px #461985; }
.text-shadow-rgba { text-shadow: 4px 4px 2px rgba(70, 25, 133, 0.8); }
.box-shadow-hex { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px #461985; }
.box-shadow-rgba { box-shadow: 1px 1px 3px 2px rgba(70, 25, 133, 0.8); }

HTML: <p style="color:#461985">Text here</p> · <div style="background-color:#461985">Div content here</div>

Shades of #461985

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Tones of #461985

Color harmonies

Complementary — #588519:

Analogous:

Triadic:

Contrast & accessibility

Best text color on #461985: #FFFFFF.

Semi-transparent (opacity) text on #461985

Text set with opacity blends into the background, so its real contrast is lower than the solid ratios above. Choose a text color and an opacity to see the blended color and its true ratio:

How #461985 looks with color blindness

Simulated with standard Machado color-vision-deficiency matrices — useful when this color carries meaning in charts, maps or interfaces:

Closest design-system colors

The nearest matches in the Tailwind CSS, Material Design and Bootstrap palettes — handy when you need a framework class instead of a raw hex:

Palettes with a similar color

These palettes use a close neighbour of #461985 rather than the exact color:

Similar colors

The closest colors that actually appear in our palette collection — click any to open its page:

Browse neighbouring colors

← #461984  ·  #461986 →

Frequently asked questions

What color is #461985?

#461985 is Purple, a purple color (RGB 70, 25, 133). Its closest standard named color is Indigo.

What is the RGB and HSL of #461985?

#461985 is RGB 70, 25, 133 — HSL 265°, 68%, 31% — CMYK 47%, 81%, 0%, 48%.

What colors go with #461985?

Its complement is #588519; analogous partners are #192285 and #7C1985. It also appears in 6+ palettes in our collection.

Can I use #461985 for text?

White text on #461985 has a contrast ratio of 12.08:1 (passes WCAG AA); black text gives 1.74:1.