#452B9E#452B9E

#452B9E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 39.8% C 0.174 H 285.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452B9E
RGB	rgb(69, 43, 158)
HSL	hsl(254, 57%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(254, 73%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.3%, 72.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.01, 42.24, -58.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.01, 72.01, 305.92°)
OKLab	oklab(39.79% 0.0473 -0.1678)
OKLCH	oklch(39.79% 0.174 285.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.4878, 5.4610, 32.8953)
Luminance	0.0546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452B9E #849E2B

analogous

#2B4B9E #452B9E #7F2B9E

triadic

#452B9E #9E452B #2B9E45

tetradic

#452B9E #9E2B4B #849E2B #2B9E7F

square

#452B9E #9E2B4B #849E2B #2B9E7F

split-complementary

#452B9E #9E7F2B #4B9E2B

monochromatic

#1B113E #301E6E #452B9E #5C3CCA #846CD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.04

#452B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.09

#452B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452B9E

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452B9E	1.00	10.04	2.09	10.04
#FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0045A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1C4A62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 43, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(39.8% 0.174 285.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8367bc',
    500: '#452b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452b9e;
$custom-light: #8367bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.565,
    "s": 57.214,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.39794,
    "c": 0.17435,
    "h": 285.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452B9E

secondary

#AABE67

accent

#E047BE

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF6

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #452B9E

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

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