#452A72#452A72

#452A72 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.041; OKLCH L 35.8% C 0.119 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452A72
RGB	rgb(69, 42, 114)
HSL	hsl(263, 46%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(263, 63%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(39.5%, 63.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.12, 29.64, -37.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.12, 47.57, 308.54°)
OKLab	oklab(35.85% 0.0546 -0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(35.85% 0.119 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.3187, 4.1359, 16.3817)
Luminance	0.0414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.60

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452A72 #57722A

analogous

#2A3372 #452A72 #692A72

triadic

#452A72 #72452A #2A7245

tetradic

#452A72 #722A33 #57722A #2A7269

square

#452A72 #722A33 #57722A #2A7269

split-complementary

#452A72 #72692A #33722A

monochromatic

#0F0919 #2A1A45 #452A72 #603A9F #7E56C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.49

#452A72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.83

#452A72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452A72

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452A72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452A72	1.00	11.49	1.83	11.49
#FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003A74

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B3870

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3A3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#393939

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452a72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 42, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.8% 0.119 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c659b',
    500: '#452a72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452a72;
$custom-light: #7c659b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452a72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.5,
    "s": 46.154,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35846,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452A72

secondary

#86A454

accent

#D652A4

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A050E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #452A72

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

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