#451A81#451A81

#451A81 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.9% C 0.159 H 295.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A81
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 129)
HSL	hsl(265, 66%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(265, 80%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.5%, 79.8%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.26, 42.49, -49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.26, 65.44, 310.49°)
OKLab	oklab(34.91% 0.0693 -0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(34.91% 0.159 295.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.7850, 3.5888, 21.0998)
Luminance	0.0359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A81 #56811A

analogous

#1A2281 #451A81 #791A81

triadic

#451A81 #81451A #1A8145

tetradic

#451A81 #811A22 #56811A #1A8179

square

#451A81 #811A22 #56811A #1A8179

split-complementary

#451A81 #81791A #22811A

monochromatic

#0F051B #2A104E #451A81 #6024B4 #7E3DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.22

#451A81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.72

#451A81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A81

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A81	1.00	12.22	1.72	12.22
#FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00347F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#34364D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.9% 0.159 295.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f5ca6',
    500: '#451a81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a81;
$custom-light: #7f5ca6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.049,
    "s": 66.452,
    "l": 30.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34914,
    "c": 0.15857,
    "h": 295.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A81

secondary

#85B542

accent

#E93EA2

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A81

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

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