#451A5C#451A5C

#451A5C is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.7% C 0.116 H 311.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A5C
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 92)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(25%, 71.7%, 0%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.13, 32.83, -30.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.13, 45.07, 316.75°)
OKLab	oklab(31.72% 0.077 -0.0871)
OKLCH	oklch(31.72% 0.116 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(4.7550, 2.7768, 10.4086)
Luminance	0.0278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.14

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A5C #315C1A

analogous

#241A5C #451A5C #5C1A52

triadic

#451A5C #5C451A #1A5C45

tetradic

#451A5C #5C241A #315C1A #1A525C

square

#451A5C #5C241A #315C1A #1A525C

split-complementary

#451A5C #525C1A #1A5C24

monochromatic

#120718 #210D2C #451A5C #69278C #8D35BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.50

#451A5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#451A5C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A5C

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A5C	1.00	13.50	1.56	13.50
#FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002C5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#132F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2E2E2E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.7% 0.116 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a8b',
    500: '#451a5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a5c;
$custom-light: #7b5a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.091,
    "s": 55.932,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31717,
    "c": 0.11632,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.02777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A5C

secondary

#5C9240

accent

#DF497D

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A5C

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

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