#451C9E#451C9E

#451C9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.189 H 287.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451C9E
RGB	rgb(69, 28, 158)
HSL	hsl(259, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 82.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.45, 49.54, -62.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.45, 79.77, 308.39°)
OKLab	oklab(38% 0.0583 -0.18)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.189 287.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.0392, 4.5639, 32.7457)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451C9E #759E1C

analogous

#1C349E #451C9E #861C9E

triadic

#451C9E #9E451C #1C9E45

tetradic

#451C9E #9E1C34 #759E1C #1C9E86

square

#451C9E #9E1C34 #759E1C #1C9E86

split-complementary

#451C9E #9E861C #349E1C

monochromatic

#180A36 #2E136A #451C9E #5C25D2 #8054E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#451C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#451C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451C9E

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451C9E	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003FA2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00399C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1E435E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 28, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.189 287.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#845fbc',
    500: '#451c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451c9e;
$custom-light: #845fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.923,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38004,
    "c": 0.18917,
    "h": 287.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451C9E

secondary

#A0C452

accent

#ED3BB5

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #451C9E

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

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