#45238A#45238A

#45238A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.8% C 0.159 H 291.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45238A
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 138)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 74.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.65, 40.60, -51.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.65, 65.59, 308.24°)
OKLab	oklab(36.85% 0.0589 -0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(36.85% 0.159 291.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.6414, 4.3020, 24.4676)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45238A #688A23

analogous

#23358A #45238A #79238A

triadic

#45238A #8A4523 #238A45

tetradic

#45238A #8A2335 #688A23 #238A79

square

#45238A #8A2335 #688A23 #238A79

split-complementary

#45238A #8A7923 #358A23

monochromatic

#140A28 #2D1759 #45238A #5D2FBB #7E54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#45238A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#45238A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45238A

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45238A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45238A	1.00	11.29	1.86	11.29
#FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F3E54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45238a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.8% 0.159 291.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061ad',
    500: '#45238a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45238a;
$custom-light: #8061ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45238a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.806,
    "s": 59.538,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36846,
    "c": 0.1591,
    "h": 291.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45238A

secondary

#96B751

accent

#E345AF

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #45238A

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

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