#451A8D#451A8D

#451A8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.172 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A8D
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 81.6%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.43, 45.74, -55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.43, 71.83, 309.56°)
OKLab	oklab(36.08% 0.0655 -0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(36.08% 0.172 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6300, 3.9268, 25.5501)
Luminance	0.0393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A8D #628D1A

analogous

#1A288D #451A8D #7E1A8D

triadic

#451A8D #8D451A #1A8D45

tetradic

#451A8D #8D1A28 #628D1A #1A8D7E

square

#451A8D #8D1A28 #628D1A #1A8D7E

split-complementary

#451A8D #8D7E1A #288D1A

monochromatic

#120726 #2C1059 #451A8D #5E24C1 #7E45DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.76

#451A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#451A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A8D

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A8D	1.00	11.76	1.79	11.76
#FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3B54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.172 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815daf',
    500: '#451a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a8d;
$custom-light: #815daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.435,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3608,
    "c": 0.17201,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A8D

secondary

#91BE45

accent

#EC3CAA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A8D

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

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