#452A8A#452A8A

#452A8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.8% C 0.150 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452A8A
RGB	rgb(69, 42, 138)
HSL	hsl(257, 53%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 70%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 69.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.03, 36.76, -49.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.03, 61.46, 306.73°)
OKLab	oklab(37.83% 0.0521 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(37.83% 0.15 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8683, 4.7558, 24.5432)
Luminance	0.0476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452A8A #6F8A2A

analogous

#2A3F8A #452A8A #752A8A

triadic

#452A8A #8A452A #2A8A45

tetradic

#452A8A #8A2A3F #6F8A2A #2A8A75

square

#452A8A #8A2A3F #6F8A2A #2A8A75

split-complementary

#452A8A #8A752A #3F8A2A

monochromatic

#160D2C #2E1C5B #452A8A #5C38B9 #7F60CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.76

#452A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.95

#452A8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452A8A

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452A8A	1.00	10.76	1.95	10.76
#FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 42, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.8% 0.150 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66ad',
    500: '#452a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452a8a;
$custom-light: #7f66ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.875,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3783,
    "c": 0.15049,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452A8A

secondary

#9BB45B

accent

#DD4BB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452A8A

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

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