#45237E#45237E

#45237E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.144 H 295.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45237E
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 126)
HSL	hsl(262, 57%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(262, 72%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(45.2%, 72.2%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.58, 37.15, -45.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.58, 58.91, 309.10°)
OKLab	oklab(35.76% 0.0615 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(35.76% 0.144 295.2)
XYZ	xyz(6.8202, 3.9735, 20.1422)
Luminance	0.0397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45237E #5C7E23

analogous

#232E7E #45237E #73237E

triadic

#45237E #7E4523 #237E45

tetradic

#45237E #7E232E #5C7E23 #237E73

square

#45237E #7E232E #5C7E23 #237E73

split-complementary

#45237E #7E7323 #2E7E23

monochromatic

#11081E #2B164E #45237E #5F30AE #7E4ECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.70

#45237E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.79

#45237E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45237E

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45237E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45237E	1.00	11.70	1.79	11.70
#FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003981

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00377C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#353A4E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45237e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.144 295.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7e61a4',
    500: '#45237e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45237e;
$custom-light: #7e61a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45237e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.418,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35763,
    "c": 0.14449,
    "h": 295.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45237E

secondary

#8BB04C

accent

#E048A7

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0A050F

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #45237E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →