#451D8D#451D8D

#451D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.169 H 291.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451D8D
RGB	rgb(69, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.89, 44.41, -54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.89, 70.39, 309.11°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0632 -0.1569)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.169 291.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7000, 4.0667, 25.5734)
Luminance	0.0407 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451D8D #658D1D

analogous

#1D2D8D #451D8D #7D1D8D

triadic

#451D8D #8D451D #1D8D45

tetradic

#451D8D #8D1D2D #658D1D #1D8D7D

square

#451D8D #8D1D2D #658D1D #1D8D7D

split-complementary

#451D8D #8D7D1D #2D8D1D

monochromatic

#130827 #2C135A #451D8D #5E27C0 #7E4BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.58

#451D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#451D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451D8D

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451D8D	1.00	11.58	1.81	11.58
#FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.169 291.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eaf',
    500: '#451d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451d8d;
$custom-light: #815eaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.429,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36402,
    "c": 0.16912,
    "h": 291.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.04067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451D8D

secondary

#93BC4A

accent

#E93FAC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451D8D

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

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