#451E8C#451E8C

#451E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.167 H 292.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E8C
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.7%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.96, 43.66, -53.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.96, 69.36, 309.01°)
OKLab	oklab(36.42% 0.0627 -0.1547)
OKLCH	oklch(36.42% 0.167 292.1)
XYZ	xyz(7.6508, 4.0869, 25.1916)
Luminance	0.0409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E8C #658C1E

analogous

#1E2E8C #451E8C #7C1E8C

triadic

#451E8C #8C451E #1E8C45

tetradic

#451E8C #8C1E2E #658C1E #1E8C7C

square

#451E8C #8C1E2E #658C1E #1E8C7C

split-complementary

#451E8C #8C7C1E #2E8C1E

monochromatic

#130827 #2C135A #451E8C #5E29BE #7E4CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.55

#451E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#451E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E8C

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E8C	1.00	11.55	1.82	11.55
#FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3D54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.167 292.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815faf',
    500: '#451e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e8c;
$custom-light: #815faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.273,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36419,
    "c": 0.16695,
    "h": 292.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.04087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E8C

secondary

#93BB4B

accent

#E840AC

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E8C

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

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