#451C8F#451C8F

#451C8F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.172 H 291.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C8F
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 143)
HSL	hsl(261, 67%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.7%, 80.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.93, 45.41, -55.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.93, 71.94, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.49% 0.0634 -0.1603)
OKLCH	oklch(36.49% 0.172 291.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.8260, 4.0786, 26.3562)
Luminance	0.0408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C8F #668F1C

analogous

#1C2D8F #451C8F #7E1C8F

triadic

#451C8F #8F451C #1C8F45

tetradic

#451C8F #8F1C2D #668F1C #1C8F7E

square

#451C8F #8F1C2D #668F1C #1C8F7E

split-complementary

#451C8F #8F7E1C #2D8F1C

monochromatic

#140829 #2C125C #451C8F #5E26C2 #7E4ADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.57

#451C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#451C8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C8F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C8F	1.00	11.57	1.82	11.57
#FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.172 291.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eb1',
    500: '#451c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c8f;
$custom-light: #815eb1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.391,
    "s": 67.251,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36489,
    "c": 0.17237,
    "h": 291.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C8F

secondary

#94BE49

accent

#EA3EAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C8F

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

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