#452B71#452B71

#452B71 is a dark, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.042; OKLCH L 35.9% C 0.116 H 297.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452B71
RGB	rgb(69, 43, 113)
HSL	hsl(262, 45%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(262, 62%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(38.9%, 61.9%, 0%, 55.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(24.27, 28.73, -36.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(24.27, 46.30, 308.35°)
OKLab	oklab(35.94% 0.0533 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(35.94% 0.116 297.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2980, 4.1851, 16.0956)
Luminance	0.0418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Darkslateblue

#483D8B

ΔE00 6.53

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452B71 #57712B

analogous

#2B3471 #452B71 #682B71

triadic

#452B71 #71452B #2B7145

tetradic

#452B71 #712B34 #57712B #2B7168

square

#452B71 #712B34 #57712B #2B7168

split-complementary

#452B71 #71682B #34712B

monochromatic

#0F0918 #2A1A45 #452B71 #603C9D #7E57BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.43

#452B71 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.84

#452B71 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452B71

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452B71	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452B71	1.00	11.43	1.84	11.43
#FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#023A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#10396F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#3B3A49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3A3A3A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452b71;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 43, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.9% 0.116 297.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7c659a',
    500: '#452b71',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452b71;
$custom-light: #7c659a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452b71",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 262.286,
    "s": 44.872,
    "l": 30.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35939,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 297.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.04185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452B71

secondary

#86A355

accent

#D553A5

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060E

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #452B71

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

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