#451D8A#451D8A

#451D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.1% C 0.166 H 292.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451D8A
RGB	rgb(69, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.60, 43.57, -53.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.60, 68.79, 309.31°)
OKLab	oklab(36.11% 0.0641 -0.1528)
OKLCH	oklch(36.11% 0.166 292.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.4798, 3.9787, 24.4137)
Luminance	0.0398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451D8A #628A1D

analogous

#1D2C8A #451D8A #7B1D8A

triadic

#451D8A #8A451D #1D8A45

tetradic

#451D8A #8A1D2C #628A1D #1D8A7B

square

#451D8A #8A1D2C #628A1D #1D8A7B

split-complementary

#451D8A #8A7B1D #2C8A1D

monochromatic

#120825 #2C1257 #451D8A #5E28BD #7E49D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.69

#451D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#451D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451D8A

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451D8A	1.00	11.69	1.80	11.69
#FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3B53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.1% 0.166 292.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805ead',
    500: '#451d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451d8a;
$custom-light: #805ead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.018,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36112,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 292.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451D8A

secondary

#91BB48

accent

#E840AA

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451D8A

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

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