#451E59#451E59

#451E59 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.029; OKLCH L 32.1% C 0.106 H 312.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E59
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 89)
HSL	hsl(280, 50%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(280, 66%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.5%, 66.3%, 0%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(19.70, 29.92, -27.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(19.70, 40.95, 316.93°)
OKLab	oklab(32.06% 0.0718 -0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(32.06% 0.106 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(4.7214, 2.9151, 9.7632)
Luminance	0.0291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E59 #32591E

analogous

#271E59 #451E59 #591E4F

triadic

#451E59 #59451E #1E5945

tetradic

#451E59 #59271E #32591E #1E4F59

square

#451E59 #59271E #32591E #1E4F59

split-complementary

#451E59 #4F591E #1E5927

monochromatic

#120817 #220F2B #451E59 #682D87 #8C3DB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

13.27

#451E59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.58

#451E59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E59

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E59	1.00	13.27	1.58	13.27
#FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	13.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#072E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A3158

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#432938

Achromatopsia (no color)

#303030

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(32.1% 0.106 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7b5c88',
    500: '#451e59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e59;
$custom-light: #7b5c88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.661,
    "s": 49.58,
    "l": 23.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.32063,
    "c": 0.10647,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.02915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E59

secondary

#5E8E45

accent

#D94F7E

background

#F7F5F8

surface

#EEE9F0

border

#C9C5CB

text

#09040B

muted

#7B797C

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E59

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

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