#451A8E#451A8E

#451A8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.173 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A8E
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 81.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.53, 46.01, -55.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.53, 72.36, 309.49°)
OKLab	oklab(36.18% 0.0652 -0.1604)
OKLCH	oklch(36.18% 0.173 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.7047, 3.9567, 25.9437)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A8E #638E1A

analogous

#1A298E #451A8E #7F1A8E

triadic

#451A8E #8E451A #1A8E45

tetradic

#451A8E #8E1A29 #638E1A #1A8E7F

square

#451A8E #8E1A29 #638E1A #1A8E7F

split-complementary

#451A8E #8E7F1A #298E1A

monochromatic

#130727 #2C115A #451A8E #5E23C2 #7E45DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#451A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#451A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A8E

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A8E	1.00	11.72	1.79	11.72
#FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.173 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815db0',
    500: '#451a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a8e;
$custom-light: #815db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.241,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3618,
    "c": 0.17313,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A8E

secondary

#92BE45

accent

#EC3CAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A8E

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

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