#45238B#45238B

#45238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.9% C 0.160 H 291.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45238B
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(260, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(260, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.74, 40.89, -51.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.74, 66.14, 308.19°)
OKLab	oklab(36.94% 0.0587 -0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(36.94% 0.16 291.5)
XYZ	xyz(7.7142, 4.3311, 24.8506)
Luminance	0.0433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45238B #698B23

analogous

#23358B #45238B #79238B

triadic

#45238B #8B4523 #238B45

tetradic

#45238B #8B2335 #698B23 #238B79

square

#45238B #8B2335 #698B23 #238B79

split-complementary

#45238B #8B7923 #358B23

monochromatic

#140A29 #2D175A #45238B #5D2FBC #7E54D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.25

#45238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.87

#45238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45238B

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45238B	1.00	11.25	1.87	11.25
#FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E3F55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.9% 0.160 291.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8061ae',
    500: '#45238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45238b;
$custom-light: #8061ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.615,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36939,
    "c": 0.16031,
    "h": 291.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04331
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45238B

secondary

#97B852

accent

#E345AF

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0510

muted

#7C797F

Preview Lab

Preview with #45238B

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

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