#452C78#452C78

#452C78 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.044; OKLCH L 36.6% C 0.124 H 294.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C78
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 120)
HSL	hsl(260, 46%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(260, 63%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(42.5%, 63.3%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(25.02, 30.18, -39.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(25.02, 49.77, 307.33°)
OKLab	oklab(36.65% 0.0518 -0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(36.65% 0.124 294.7)
XYZ	xyz(6.7442, 4.4225, 18.2640)
Luminance	0.0442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 8.25

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C78 #5F782C

analogous

#2C3978 #452C78 #6B2C78

triadic

#452C78 #78452C #2C7845

tetradic

#452C78 #782C39 #5F782C #2C786B

square

#452C78 #782C39 #5F782C #2C786B

split-complementary

#452C78 #786B2C #39782C

monochromatic

#120B1E #2B1C4B #452C78 #5F3CA5 #7D5BC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.14

#452C78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.88

#452C78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C78

11.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C78	1.00	11.14	1.88	11.14
#FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003C7A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#023A76

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#383D4D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3B3B3B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(36.6% 0.124 294.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7d669f',
    500: '#452c78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c78;
$custom-light: #7d669f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 259.737,
    "s": 46.341,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.36649,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 294.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C78

secondary

#8EA957

accent

#D652AB

background

#F7F6F9

surface

#EEEBF2

border

#C9C6CC

text

#0A060F

muted

#7C7A7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C78

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

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