#451B8E#451B8E

#451B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.172 H 292.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451B8E
RGB	rgb(69, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.68, 45.58, -55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.68, 71.89, 309.35°)
OKLab	oklab(36.28% 0.0644 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(36.28% 0.172 292)
XYZ	xyz(7.7273, 4.0018, 25.9512)
Luminance	0.0400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451B8E #648E1B

analogous

#1B2A8E #451B8E #7E1B8E

triadic

#451B8E #8E451B #1B8E45

tetradic

#451B8E #8E1B2A #648E1B #1B8E7E

square

#451B8E #8E1B2A #648E1B #1B8E7E

split-complementary

#451B8E #8E7E1B #2A8E1B

monochromatic

#130727 #2C115B #451B8E #5E25C1 #7E47DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.66

#451B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#451B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451B8E

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451B8E	1.00	11.66	1.80	11.66
#FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3C55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.172 292.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815db0',
    500: '#451b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451b8e;
$custom-light: #815db0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.913,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36284,
    "c": 0.17219,
    "h": 292
  },
  "luminance": 0.04002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451B8E

secondary

#92BE47

accent

#EB3DAB

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0411

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451B8E

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

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