#451A59#451A59

#451A59 is a dark, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.027; OKLCH L 31.5% C 0.113 H 313.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A59
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 89)
HSL	hsl(281, 55%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(281, 71%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 70.8%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(18.91, 32.09, -29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(18.91, 43.41, 317.67°)
OKLab	oklab(31.49% 0.0773 -0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(31.49% 0.113 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(4.6265, 2.7254, 9.7316)
Luminance	0.0272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A59 #2E591A

analogous

#251A59 #451A59 #591A4E

triadic

#451A59 #59451A #1A5945

tetradic

#451A59 #59251A #2E591A #1A4E59

square

#451A59 #59251A #2E591A #1A4E59

split-complementary

#451A59 #4E591A #1A5925

monochromatic

#120718 #200C2A #451A59 #6A2888 #8E36B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.59

#451A59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.55

#451A59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A59

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A59	1.00	13.59	1.55	13.59
#FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#162F58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.5% 0.113 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a88',
    500: '#451a59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a59;
$custom-light: #7b5a88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.952,
    "s": 54.783,
    "l": 22.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3149,
    "c": 0.11289,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.02725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A59

secondary

#598F40

accent

#DE4A79

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040B

muted

#7C797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A59

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

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