#452A79#452A79

#452A79 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.043; OKLCH L 36.4% C 0.128 H 295.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452A79
RGB	rgb(69, 42, 121)
HSL	hsl(261, 48%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(261, 65%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(43%, 65.3%, 0%, 52.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.64, 31.69, -40.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.64, 51.68, 307.82°)
OKLab	oklab(36.4% 0.0542 -0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(36.4% 0.128 295)
XYZ	xyz(6.7325, 4.3015, 18.5610)
Luminance	0.0430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452A79 #5E792A

analogous

#2A3779 #452A79 #6D2A79

triadic

#452A79 #79452A #2A7945

tetradic

#452A79 #792A37 #5E792A #2A796D

square

#452A79 #792A37 #5E792A #2A796D

split-complementary

#452A79 #796D2A #37792A

monochromatic

#110A1E #2B1A4C #452A79 #5F3AA6 #7D58C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.29

#452A79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.86

#452A79 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452A79

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452A79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452A79	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)

#003B7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003977

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#373C4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452a79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 42, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.4% 0.128 295.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d65a0',
    500: '#452a79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452a79;
$custom-light: #7d65a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452a79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 260.506,
    "s": 48.466,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36398,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 295
  },
  "luminance": 0.04302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452A79

secondary

#8DAB54

accent

#D850A9

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #452A79

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

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