#451E79#451E79

#451E79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.036; OKLCH L 34.7% C 0.145 H 297.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E79
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 121)
HSL	hsl(266, 60%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(266, 75%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 75.2%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(22.21, 38.38, -44.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(22.21, 58.97, 310.61°)
OKLab	oklab(34.65% 0.0677 -0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(34.65% 0.145 297.9)
XYZ	xyz(6.3688, 3.5741, 18.4398)
Luminance	0.0357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Indigo

#4B0082

ΔE00 4.41

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E79 #52791E

analogous

#1E2579 #451E79 #731E79

triadic

#451E79 #79451E #1E7945

tetradic

#451E79 #791E25 #52791E #1E7973

square

#451E79 #791E25 #52791E #1E7973

split-complementary

#451E79 #79731E #25791E

monochromatic

#0E0619 #291248 #451E79 #612AAA #7F41D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

12.25

#451E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.71

#451E79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E79

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E79	1.00	12.25	1.71	12.25
#FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	12.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00357C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003477

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383549

Achromatopsia (no color)

#353535

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(34.7% 0.145 297.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e5ea0',
    500: '#451e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e79;
$custom-light: #7e5ea0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.714,
    "s": 60.265,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.34653,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 297.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.03574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E79

secondary

#81AD46

accent

#E3449F

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F3

border

#CAC5CD

text

#0A040F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E79

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

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