#451C8C#451C8C

#451C8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.169 H 292.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C8C
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 80%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.63, 44.59, -54.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.63, 70.35, 309.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.19% 0.0643 -0.1563)
OKLCH	oklch(36.19% 0.169 292.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.6018, 3.9889, 25.1753)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C8C #638C1C

analogous

#1C2B8C #451C8C #7D1C8C

triadic

#451C8C #8C451C #1C8C45

tetradic

#451C8C #8C1C2B #638C1C #1C8C7D

square

#451C8C #8C1C2B #638C1C #1C8C7D

split-complementary

#451C8C #8C7D1C #2B8C1C

monochromatic

#130826 #2C1259 #451C8C #5E26BF #7E48DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#451C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#451C8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C8C

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C8C	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.169 292.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eaf',
    500: '#451c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c8c;
$custom-light: #815eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.964,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36194,
    "c": 0.16897,
    "h": 292.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.03989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C8C

secondary

#92BC48

accent

#EA3EAB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C8C

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

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