#451D8C#451D8C

#451D8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.168 H 292.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451D8C
RGB	rgb(69, 29, 140)
HSL	hsl(262, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 79.3%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.79, 44.13, -54.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.79, 69.86, 309.17°)
OKLab	oklab(36.31% 0.0635 -0.1555)
OKLCH	oklch(36.31% 0.168 292.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.6259, 4.0371, 25.1833)
Luminance	0.0404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451D8C #648C1D

analogous

#1D2C8C #451D8C #7C1D8C

triadic

#451D8C #8C451D #1D8C45

tetradic

#451D8C #8C1D2C #648C1D #1D8C7C

square

#451D8C #8C1D2C #648C1D #1D8C7C

split-complementary

#451D8C #8C7C1D #2C8C1D

monochromatic

#130827 #2C1259 #451D8C #5E28BF #7E4AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.62

#451D8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#451D8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451D8C

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451D8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451D8C	1.00	11.62	1.81	11.62
#FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00368A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451d8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 29, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.168 292.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eaf',
    500: '#451d8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451d8c;
$custom-light: #815eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451d8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.622,
    "s": 65.68,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36305,
    "c": 0.16798,
    "h": 292.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451D8C

secondary

#92BC49

accent

#E93FAC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451D8C

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

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