#451E8E#451E8E

#451E8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.169 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E8E
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 142)
HSL	hsl(261, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(261, 79%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 78.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.15, 44.22, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.15, 70.43, 308.89°)
OKLab	oklab(36.61% 0.0621 -0.1574)
OKLCH	oklch(36.61% 0.169 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7996, 4.1464, 25.9753)
Luminance	0.0415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E8E #678E1E

analogous

#1E2F8E #451E8E #7D1E8E

triadic

#451E8E #8E451E #1E8E45

tetradic

#451E8E #8E1E2F #678E1E #1E8E7D

square

#451E8E #8E1E2F #678E1E #1E8E7D

split-complementary

#451E8E #8E7D1E #2F8E1E

monochromatic

#140929 #2C135B #451E8E #5E29C1 #7E4DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.48

#451E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#451E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E8E

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E8E	1.00	11.48	1.83	11.48
#FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00378C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C3D55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.169 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#815fb0',
    500: '#451e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e8e;
$custom-light: #815fb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.893,
    "s": 65.116,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36613,
    "c": 0.16926,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E8E

secondary

#95BC4C

accent

#E840AD

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#EFE9F6

border

#CAC5D0

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E8E

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

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