#451D79#451D79

#451D79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.5% C 0.146 H 298.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451D79
RGB	rgb(69, 29, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 61%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 76%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 76%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.03, 38.89, -45.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.03, 59.52, 310.79°)
OKLab	oklab(34.53% 0.0687 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(34.53% 0.146 298.1)
XYZ	xyz(6.3439, 3.5243, 18.4315)
Luminance	0.0352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.20

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451D79 #51791D

analogous

#1D2379 #451D79 #731D79

triadic

#451D79 #79451D #1D7945

tetradic

#451D79 #791D23 #51791D #1D7973

square

#451D79 #791D23 #51791D #1D7973

split-complementary

#451D79 #79731D #23791D

monochromatic

#0E0619 #291148 #451D79 #6129AA #7F3FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.32

#451D79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.70

#451D79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451D79

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451D79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451D79	1.00	12.32	1.70	12.32
#FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451d79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 29, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.5% 0.146 298.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5da0',
    500: '#451d79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451d79;
$custom-light: #7e5da0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451d79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266.087,
    "s": 61.333,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34527,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 298.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.03524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451D79

secondary

#80AD45

accent

#E4439E

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451D79

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

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