#452B99#452B99

#452B99 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.053; OKLCH L 39.3% C 0.168 H 286.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452B99
RGB	rgb(69, 43, 153)
HSL	hsl(254, 56%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(254, 72%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(54.9%, 71.9%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.55, 40.73, -56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.55, 69.26, 306.02°)
OKLab	oklab(39.33% 0.0483 -0.1611)
OKLCH	oklch(39.33% 0.168 286.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0662, 5.2924, 30.6746)
Luminance	0.0529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452B99 #7F992B

analogous

#2B4899 #452B99 #7C2B99

triadic

#452B99 #99452B #2B9945

tetradic

#452B99 #992B48 #7F992B #2B997C

square

#452B99 #992B48 #7F992B #2B997C

split-complementary

#452B99 #997C2B #48992B

monochromatic

#1A1039 #2F1E69 #452B99 #5B3AC8 #8369D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.20

#452B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.06

#452B99 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452B99

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452B99	1.00	10.20	2.06	10.20
#FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00449C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#22485F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#414141

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 43, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.3% 0.168 286.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8267b8',
    500: '#452b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452b99;
$custom-light: #8267b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.182,
    "s": 56.122,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39328,
    "c": 0.16816,
    "h": 286.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452B99

secondary

#A7BC64

accent

#DF48BC

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #452B99

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

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