#451E8D#451E8D

#451E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.5% C 0.168 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E8D
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.05, 43.94, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.05, 69.89, 308.95°)
OKLab	oklab(36.52% 0.0624 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(36.52% 0.168 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7249, 4.1165, 25.5817)
Luminance	0.0412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.93

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E8D #668D1E

analogous

#1E2E8D #451E8D #7C1E8D

triadic

#451E8D #8D451E #1E8D45

tetradic

#451E8D #8D1E2E #668D1E #1E8D7C

square

#451E8D #8D1E2E #668D1E #1E8D7C

split-complementary

#451E8D #8D7C1E #2E8D1E

monochromatic

#140928 #2C135B #451E8D #5E29BF #7E4CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.52

#451E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.82

#451E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E8D

11.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E8D	1.00	11.52	1.82	11.52
#FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.5% 0.168 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815faf',
    500: '#451e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e8d;
$custom-light: #815faf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 261.081,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36516,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E8D

secondary

#94BC4B

accent

#E840AD

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFE9F5

border

#CAC5CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E8D

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

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