#451C8D#451C8D

#451C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.170 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C8D
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 141)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 80.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.73, 44.86, -54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.73, 70.88, 309.26°)
OKLab	oklab(36.29% 0.064 -0.1576)
OKLCH	oklch(36.29% 0.17 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6759, 4.0185, 25.5653)
Luminance	0.0402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C8D #648D1C

analogous

#1C2B8D #451C8D #7D1C8D

triadic

#451C8D #8D451C #1C8D45

tetradic

#451C8D #8D1C2B #648D1C #1C8D7D

square

#451C8D #8D1C2B #648D1C #1C8D7D

split-complementary

#451C8D #8D7D1C #2B8D1C

monochromatic

#130827 #2C125A #451C8D #5E26C0 #7E49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.64

#451C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#451C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C8D

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C8D	1.00	11.64	1.80	11.64
#FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.170 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eaf',
    500: '#451c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c8d;
$custom-light: #815eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.77,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36292,
    "c": 0.1701,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C8D

secondary

#92BD48

accent

#EA3EAB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C8D

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

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