#451A8C#451A8C

#451A8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.0% C 0.171 H 292.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A8C
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 140)
HSL	hsl(263, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(263, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 81.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.33, 45.47, -54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.33, 71.30, 309.62°)
OKLab	oklab(35.98% 0.0658 -0.1577)
OKLCH	oklch(35.98% 0.171 292.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.5559, 3.8972, 25.1600)
Luminance	0.0390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A8C #618C1A

analogous

#1A288C #451A8C #7E1A8C

triadic

#451A8C #8C451A #1A8C45

tetradic

#451A8C #8C1A28 #618C1A #1A8C7E

square

#451A8C #8C1A28 #618C1A #1A8C7E

split-complementary

#451A8C #8C7E1A #288C1A

monochromatic

#120725 #2C1058 #451A8C #5E24C0 #7E44DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.80

#451A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#451A8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A8C

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A8C	1.00	11.80	1.78	11.80
#FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00398F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00358A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.0% 0.171 292.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815daf',
    500: '#451a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a8c;
$custom-light: #815daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.632,
    "s": 68.675,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35981,
    "c": 0.17089,
    "h": 292.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.03897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A8C

secondary

#90BE44

accent

#EC3CA9

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0410

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A8C

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

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