#451A5E#451A5E

#451A5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.028; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.119 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A5E
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 94)
HSL	hsl(278, 57%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(278, 72%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.28, 33.32, -31.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.28, 46.18, 316.18°)
OKLab	oklab(31.87% 0.0769 -0.0903)
OKLCH	oklch(31.87% 0.119 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.8436, 2.8123, 10.8752)
Luminance	0.0281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A5E #335E1A

analogous

#231A5E #451A5E #5E1A55

triadic

#451A5E #5E451A #1A5E45

tetradic

#451A5E #5E231A #335E1A #1A555E

square

#451A5E #5E231A #335E1A #1A555E

split-complementary

#451A5E #555E1A #1A5E23

monochromatic

#120718 #220D2E #451A5E #68278E #8B35BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.44

#451A5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.56

#451A5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A5E

13.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A5E	1.00	13.44	1.56	13.44
#FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#102F5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.119 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5a8c',
    500: '#451a5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a5e;
$custom-light: #7b5a8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 23.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31871,
    "c": 0.11861,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A5E

secondary

#5F9440

accent

#E04880

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A5E

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

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