#451A5D#451A5D

#451A5D is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.8% C 0.117 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A5D
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 93)
HSL	hsl(279, 56%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(279, 72%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.8%, 72%, 0%, 63.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.20, 33.07, -31.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.20, 45.63, 316.46°)
OKLab	oklab(31.79% 0.077 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(31.79% 0.117 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(4.7990, 2.7944, 10.6404)
Luminance	0.0279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.28

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A5D #325D1A

analogous

#231A5D #451A5D #5D1A53

triadic

#451A5D #5D451A #1A5D45

tetradic

#451A5D #5D231A #325D1A #1A535D

square

#451A5D #5D231A #325D1A #1A535D

split-complementary

#451A5D #535D1A #1A5D23

monochromatic

#120718 #220D2D #451A5D #68278D #8C35BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.47

#451A5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#451A5D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A5D

13.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A5D	1.00	13.47	1.56	13.47
#FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#112F5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.8% 0.117 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a8b',
    500: '#451a5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a5d;
$custom-light: #7b5a8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.507,
    "s": 56.303,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31793,
    "c": 0.11746,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.02794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A5D

secondary

#5E9340

accent

#E0487E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A5D

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

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