#451E78#451E78

#451E78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.035; OKLCH L 34.6% C 0.144 H 298.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E78
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 120)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 75%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.12, 38.11, -44.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.12, 58.42, 310.72°)
OKLab	oklab(34.56% 0.0679 -0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(34.56% 0.144 298.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.3078, 3.5497, 18.1185)
Luminance	0.0355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.48

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E78 #51781E

analogous

#1E2478 #451E78 #721E78

triadic

#451E78 #78451E #1E7845

tetradic

#451E78 #781E24 #51781E #1E7872

square

#451E78 #781E24 #51781E #1E7872

split-complementary

#451E78 #78721E #24781E

monochromatic

#0E0618 #291247 #451E78 #612AA9 #7F41CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.28

#451E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#451E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E78

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E78	1.00	12.28	1.71	12.28
#FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003476

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.6% 0.144 298.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5ea0',
    500: '#451e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e78;
$custom-light: #7e5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 266,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34564,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 298.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E78

secondary

#80AC46

accent

#E3459E

background

#F8F5F9

surface

#EFE9F2

border

#CAC5CC

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797E

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E78

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

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