#451E9B#451E9B

#451E9B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.046; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.184 H 288.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#451E9B
RGB	rgb(69, 30, 155)
HSL	hsl(259, 68%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(259, 81%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(55.5%, 80.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.44, 47.85, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.44, 77.30, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.058 -0.1747)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.184 288.4)
XYZ	xyz(8.8332, 4.5599, 31.4187)
Luminance	0.0456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#451E9B #749B1E

analogous

#1E369B #451E9B #841E9B

triadic

#451E9B #9B451E #1E9B45

tetradic

#451E9B #9B1E36 #749B1E #1E9B84

square

#451E9B #9B1E36 #749B1E #1E9B84

split-complementary

#451E9B #9B841E #369B1E

monochromatic

#170A34 #2E1468 #451E9B #5C28CE #8055DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.98

#451E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.91

#451E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #451E9B

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##451E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##451E9B	1.00	10.98	1.91	10.98
#FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#21435D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3C3C3C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #451e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 30, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.184 288.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8360ba',
    500: '#451e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #451e9b;
$custom-light: #8360ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#451e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 258.72,
    "s": 67.568,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37903,
    "c": 0.18407,
    "h": 288.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#451E9B

secondary

#9FC253

accent

#EA3DB4

background

#F8F5FB

surface

#F0EAF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0512

muted

#7D7981

Preview Lab

Preview with #451E9B

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

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