#451A9E#451A9E

#451A9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.191 H 288.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451A9E
RGB	rgb(69, 26, 158)
HSL	hsl(260, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(260, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 83.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.17, 50.36, -62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.17, 80.65, 308.65°)
OKLab	oklab(37.81% 0.0595 -0.1813)
OKLCH	oklch(37.81% 0.191 288.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.9934, 4.4721, 32.7304)
Luminance	0.0447 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451A9E #739E1A

analogous

#1A319E #451A9E #871A9E

triadic

#451A9E #9E451A #1A9E45

tetradic

#451A9E #9E1A31 #739E1A #1A9E87

square

#451A9E #9E1A31 #739E1A #1A9E87

split-complementary

#451A9E #9E871A #319E1A

monochromatic

#170935 #2E1169 #451A9E #5C23D3 #8050E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.08

#451A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.89

#451A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451A9E

11.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451A9E	1.00	11.08	1.89	11.08
#FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003EA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00389C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 26, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.191 288.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845ebc',
    500: '#451a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451a9e;
$custom-light: #845ebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.545,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37811,
    "c": 0.1908,
    "h": 288.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04473
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451A9E

secondary

#9EC54F

accent

#EE39B3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0E9F7

border

#CBC5D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #451A9E

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

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