#45237D#45237D

#45237D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.039; OKLCH L 35.7% C 0.143 H 295.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45237D
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 125)
HSL	hsl(263, 56%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(44.8%, 72%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.50, 36.87, -45.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.50, 58.34, 309.19°)
OKLab	oklab(35.68% 0.0617 -0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(35.68% 0.143 295.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.7560, 3.9478, 19.8041)
Luminance	0.0395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45237D #5B7D23

analogous

#232E7D #45237D #72237D

triadic

#45237D #7D4523 #237D45

tetradic

#45237D #7D232E #5B7D23 #237D72

square

#45237D #7D232E #5B7D23 #237D72

split-complementary

#45237D #7D7223 #2E7D23

monochromatic

#10081D #2B164D #45237D #5F30AD #7E4DCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.73

#45237D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#45237D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45237D

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45237D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45237D	1.00	11.73	1.79	11.73
#FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003980

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#36394D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45237d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.7% 0.143 295.5);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45237d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.667,
    "s": 56.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35676,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 295.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.03948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45237D

secondary

#8AAF4C

accent

#E048A6

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #45237D

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

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