#452BB8#452BB8

#452BB8 is a dark, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.065; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.205 H 281.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452BB8
RGB	rgb(69, 43, 184)
HSL	hsl(251, 62%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.5%, 76.6%, 0%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.53, 50.05, -69.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.53, 85.89, 305.64°)
OKLab	oklab(42.33% 0.041 -0.2014)
OKLCH	oklch(42.33% 0.206 281.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.9671, 6.4528, 45.9530)
Luminance	0.0645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452BB8 #9EB82B

analogous

#2B57B8 #452BB8 #8C2BB8

triadic

#452BB8 #B8452B #2BB845

tetradic

#452BB8 #B82B57 #9EB82B #2BB88C

square

#452BB8 #B82B57 #9EB82B #2BB88C

split-complementary

#452BB8 #B88C2B #57B82B

monochromatic

#201455 #321F86 #452BB8 #654BD5 #8F7DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.17

#452BB8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.29

#452BB8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452BB8

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452BB8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452BB8	1.00	9.17	2.29	9.17
#FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004DBC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0043B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#484848

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452bb8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 43, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.205 281.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8768cf',
    500: '#452bb8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452bb8;
$custom-light: #8768cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452bb8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.064,
    "s": 62.115,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42331,
    "c": 0.2055,
    "h": 281.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452BB8

secondary

#BAC976

accent

#E543C7

background

#F9F6FC

surface

#F1EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0D0614

muted

#7E7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #452BB8

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

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