#451C5B#451C5B

#451C5B is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 31.9% C 0.112 H 311.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C5B
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 91)
HSL	hsl(279, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(279, 69%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.2%, 69.2%, 0%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.44, 31.52, -29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.44, 43.32, 316.68°)
OKLab	oklab(31.92% 0.0745 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(31.92% 0.112 311.7)
XYZ	xyz(4.7575, 2.8512, 10.1952)
Luminance	0.0285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C5B #325B1C

analogous

#251C5B #451C5B #5B1C51

triadic

#451C5B #5B451C #1C5B45

tetradic

#451C5B #5B251C #325B1C #1C515B

square

#451C5B #5B251C #325B1C #1C515B

split-complementary

#451C5B #515B1C #1C5B25

monochromatic

#120717 #220E2C #451C5B #682A8A #8C39B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.37

#451C5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.57

#451C5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C5B

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C5B	1.00	13.37	1.57	13.37
#FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002D5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#16305A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#2F2F2F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(31.9% 0.112 311.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5b8a',
    500: '#451c5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c5b;
$custom-light: #7b5b8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.048,
    "s": 52.941,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.31917,
    "c": 0.11208,
    "h": 311.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.02851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C5B

secondary

#5E9042

accent

#DC4B7E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C5B

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

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