#45237C#45237C

#45237C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.6% C 0.142 H 295.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45237C
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 124)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.4%, 71.8%, 0%, 51.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.41, 36.58, -44.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.41, 57.78, 309.28°)
OKLab	oklab(35.59% 0.0619 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(35.59% 0.142 295.8)
XYZ	xyz(6.6924, 3.9224, 19.4694)
Luminance	0.0392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45237C #5A7C23

analogous

#232D7C #45237C #71237C

triadic

#45237C #7C4523 #237C45

tetradic

#45237C #7C232D #5A7C23 #237C71

square

#45237C #7C232D #5A7C23 #237C71

split-complementary

#45237C #7C7123 #2D7C23

monochromatic

#10081D #2A164C #45237C #6030AC #7E4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.77

#45237C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.78

#45237C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45237C

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45237C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45237C	1.00	11.77	1.78	11.77
#FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00387F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00367A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36394C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45237c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.6% 0.142 295.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61a3',
    500: '#45237c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45237c;
$custom-light: #7e61a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45237c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.921,
    "s": 55.975,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35588,
    "c": 0.14203,
    "h": 295.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.03923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45237C

secondary

#89AF4C

accent

#DF49A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #45237C

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

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