#45238E#45238E

#45238E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 37.2% C 0.164 H 290.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45238E
RGB	rgb(69, 35, 142)
HSL	hsl(259, 60%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(259, 75%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 75.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.01, 41.76, -53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.01, 67.79, 308.02°)
OKLab	oklab(37.22% 0.0579 -0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(37.22% 0.164 290.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9364, 4.4199, 26.0209)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45238E #6C8E23

analogous

#23378E #45238E #7A238E

triadic

#45238E #8E4523 #238E45

tetradic

#45238E #8E2337 #6C8E23 #238E7A

square

#45238E #8E2337 #6C8E23 #238E7A

split-complementary

#45238E #8E7A23 #378E23

monochromatic

#150B2C #2D175D #45238E #5D2FBF #7E56D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.15

#45238E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#45238E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #45238E

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45238E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##45238E	1.00	11.15	1.88	11.15
#FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00398C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45238e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 35, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.2% 0.164 290.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8161b0',
    500: '#45238e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45238e;
$custom-light: #8161b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45238e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.065,
    "s": 60.452,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37219,
    "c": 0.16391,
    "h": 290.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45238E

secondary

#99B953

accent

#E444B1

background

#F8F5FA

surface

#EFEAF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0511

muted

#7C7980

Preview Lab

Preview with #45238E

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

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