#451E8A#451E8A

#451E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 36.2% C 0.165 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E8A
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(262, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(262, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.77, 43.10, -52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.77, 68.28, 309.14°)
OKLab	oklab(36.23% 0.0633 -0.152)
OKLCH	oklch(36.23% 0.165 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.5047, 4.0285, 24.4220)
Luminance	0.0403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E8A #638A1E

analogous

#1E2D8A #451E8A #7B1E8A

triadic

#451E8A #8A451E #1E8A45

tetradic

#451E8A #8A1E2D #638A1E #1E8A7B

square

#451E8A #8A1E2D #638A1E #1E8A7B

split-complementary

#451E8A #8A7B1E #2D8A1E

monochromatic

#130825 #2C1358 #451E8A #5E29BC #7E4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.63

#451E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#451E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E8A

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E8A	1.00	11.63	1.81	11.63
#FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3C53

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.2% 0.165 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#805fad',
    500: '#451e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e8a;
$custom-light: #805fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.667,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36227,
    "c": 0.16465,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E8A

secondary

#92BA4A

accent

#E741AB

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E8A

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

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