#451C5E#451C5E

#451C5E is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.116 H 310.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C5E
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 94)
HSL	hsl(277, 54%, 24%)
HSV	hsv(277, 70%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.6%, 70.2%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.66, 32.27, -31.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.66, 45.00, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(32.14% 0.0743 -0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(32.14% 0.116 310)
XYZ	xyz(4.8895, 2.9040, 10.8905)
Luminance	0.0290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Plum Purple

#4E0550

ΔE00 5.68

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C5E #355E1C

analogous

#241C5E #451C5E #5E1C56

triadic

#451C5E #5E451C #1C5E45

tetradic

#451C5E #5E241C #355E1C #1C565E

square

#451C5E #5E241C #355E1C #1C565E

split-complementary

#451C5E #565E1C #1C5E24

monochromatic

#110718 #220E2F #451C5E #682A8D #8A38BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.28

#451C5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#451C5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C5E

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C5E	1.00	13.28	1.58	13.28
#FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#002E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#13305D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#422A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.116 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5b8c',
    500: '#451c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c5e;
$custom-light: #7b5b8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 23.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32143,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.02904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C5E

secondary

#619342

accent

#DD4A82

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#0A040C

muted

#7C797D

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C5E

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

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