#451E99#451E99

#451E99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.045; OKLCH L 37.7% C 0.182 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E99
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 153)
HSL	hsl(259, 67%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 80%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 80.4%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.24, 47.29, -59.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.24, 76.25, 308.33°)
OKLab	oklab(37.7% 0.0587 -0.1721)
OKLCH	oklch(37.7% 0.182 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.6666, 4.4932, 30.5414)
Luminance	0.0449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E99 #72991E

analogous

#1E3599 #451E99 #821E99

triadic

#451E99 #99451E #1E9945

tetradic

#451E99 #991E35 #72991E #1E9982

square

#451E99 #991E35 #72991E #1E9982

split-complementary

#451E99 #99821E #35991E

monochromatic

#170A33 #2E1466 #451E99 #5C28CC #8054DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.06

#451E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.90

#451E99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E99

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E99	1.00	11.06	1.90	11.06
#FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#23425C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.7% 0.182 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#835fb8',
    500: '#451e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e99;
$custom-light: #835fb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.024,
    "s": 67.213,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37701,
    "c": 0.18181,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.04494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E99

secondary

#9EC152

accent

#EA3EB3

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0511

muted

#7D7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E99

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

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