#451E8B#451E8B

#451E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.3% C 0.166 H 292.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E8B
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(261, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.86, 43.38, -53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.86, 68.82, 309.08°)
OKLab	oklab(36.32% 0.063 -0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(36.32% 0.166 292.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.5774, 4.0576, 24.8050)
Luminance	0.0406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E8B #648B1E

analogous

#1E2D8B #451E8B #7B1E8B

triadic

#451E8B #8B451E #1E8B45

tetradic

#451E8B #8B1E2D #648B1E #1E8B7B

square

#451E8B #8B1E2D #648B1E #1E8B7B

split-complementary

#451E8B #8B7B1E #2D8B1E

monochromatic

#130826 #2C1359 #451E8B #5E29BD #7E4BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.59

#451E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.81

#451E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E8B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E8B	1.00	11.59	1.81	11.59
#FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3C54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.3% 0.166 292.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fae',
    500: '#451e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e8b;
$custom-light: #815fae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.468,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36323,
    "c": 0.16581,
    "h": 292.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E8B

secondary

#92BB4A

accent

#E740AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F4

border

#CAC5CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E8B

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

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