#452B89#452B89

#452B89 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.048; OKLCH L 37.9% C 0.148 H 290.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452B89
RGB	rgb(69, 43, 137)
HSL	hsl(257, 52%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(257, 69%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(49.6%, 68.6%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.15, 35.88, -48.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.15, 60.27, 306.54°)
OKLab	oklab(37.9% 0.0512 -0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(37.9% 0.148 290.2)
XYZ	xyz(7.8322, 4.7988, 24.1756)
Luminance	0.0480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452B89 #6F892B

analogous

#2B4089 #452B89 #742B89

triadic

#452B89 #89452B #2B8945

tetradic

#452B89 #892B40 #6F892B #2B8974

square

#452B89 #892B40 #6F892B #2B8974

split-complementary

#452B89 #89742B #40892B

monochromatic

#160E2C #2E1C5A #452B89 #5C3AB8 #7F61CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.72

#452B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.96

#452B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452B89

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452B89	1.00	10.72	1.96	10.72
#FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2F4256

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3E3E3E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 43, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.9% 0.148 290.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f66ac',
    500: '#452b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452b89;
$custom-light: #7f66ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 256.596,
    "s": 52.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37895,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 290.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.04799
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452B89

secondary

#9BB35C

accent

#DC4CB4

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452B89

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

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