#451A8B#451A8B

#451A8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.170 H 292.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A8B
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 139)
HSL	hsl(263, 68%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 81.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.23, 45.20, -54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.23, 70.77, 309.69°)
OKLab	oklab(35.88% 0.0662 -0.1564)
OKLCH	oklch(35.88% 0.17 292.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.4825, 3.8678, 24.7734)
Luminance	0.0387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A8B #608B1A

analogous

#1A278B #451A8B #7E1A8B

triadic

#451A8B #8B451A #1A8B45

tetradic

#451A8B #8B1A27 #608B1A #1A8B7E

square

#451A8B #8B1A27 #608B1A #1A8B7E

split-complementary

#451A8B #8B7E1A #278B1A

monochromatic

#120724 #2B1057 #451A8B #5F24BF #7D43DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.84

#451A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.77

#451A8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A8B

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A8B	1.00	11.84	1.77	11.84
#FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#373737

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.170 292.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815dae',
    500: '#451a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a8b;
$custom-light: #815dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.832,
    "s": 68.485,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35883,
    "c": 0.16978,
    "h": 292.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A8B

secondary

#8FBD44

accent

#EB3CA9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A8B

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

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