#451D8E#451D8E

#451D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.170 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451D8E
RGB	rgb(69, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.99, 44.68, -55.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.99, 70.93, 309.05°)
OKLab	oklab(36.5% 0.0629 -0.1582)
OKLCH	oklch(36.5% 0.17 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.7747, 4.0966, 25.9670)
Luminance	0.0410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451D8E #668E1D

analogous

#1D2D8E #451D8E #7D1D8E

triadic

#451D8E #8E451D #1D8E45

tetradic

#451D8E #8E1D2D #668E1D #1D8E7D

square

#451D8E #8E1D2D #668E1D #1D8E7D

split-complementary

#451D8E #8E7D1D #2D8E1D

monochromatic

#140828 #2C135B #451D8E #5E27C1 #7E4BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.54

#451D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#451D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451D8E

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451D8E	1.00	11.54	1.82	11.54
#FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.170 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815eb0',
    500: '#451d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451d8e;
$custom-light: #815eb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.239,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.365,
    "c": 0.17026,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451D8E

secondary

#94BD4A

accent

#E93FAD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451D8E

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

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