#451C8B#451C8B

#451C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.168 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C8B
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 139)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 79.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.54, 44.31, -53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.54, 69.82, 309.39°)
OKLab	oklab(36.1% 0.0646 -0.1549)
OKLCH	oklch(36.1% 0.168 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5284, 3.9595, 24.7887)
Luminance	0.0396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C8B #628B1C

analogous

#1C2B8B #451C8B #7C1C8B

triadic

#451C8B #8B451C #1C8B45

tetradic

#451C8B #8B1C2B #628B1C #1C8B7C

square

#451C8B #8B1C2B #628B1C #1C8B7C

split-complementary

#451C8B #8B7C1C #2B8B1C

monochromatic

#120725 #2C1258 #451C8B #5E26BE #7E47DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.72

#451C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#451C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C8B

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C8B	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)

#00398E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.168 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eae',
    500: '#451c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c8b;
$custom-light: #815eae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.162,
    "s": 66.467,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36097,
    "c": 0.16784,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C8B

secondary

#91BC47

accent

#E93EAA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C8B

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

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