#451C8E#451C8E

#451C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.171 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C8E
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(262, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.83, 45.14, -55.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.83, 71.41, 309.20°)
OKLab	oklab(36.39% 0.0637 -0.159)
OKLCH	oklch(36.39% 0.171 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7506, 4.0484, 25.9590)
Luminance	0.0405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C8E #658E1C

analogous

#1C2C8E #451C8E #7E1C8E

triadic

#451C8E #8E451C #1C8E45

tetradic

#451C8E #8E1C2C #658E1C #1C8E7E

square

#451C8E #8E1C2C #658E1C #1C8E7E

split-complementary

#451C8E #8E7E1C #2C8E1C

monochromatic

#130828 #2C125B #451C8E #5E26C1 #7E49DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.60

#451C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#451C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C8E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C8E	1.00	11.60	1.81	11.60
#FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.171 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eb0',
    500: '#451c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c8e;
$custom-light: #815eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.579,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3639,
    "c": 0.17124,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C8E

secondary

#93BD49

accent

#EA3EAC

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C8E

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

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