#452C8A#452C8A

#452C8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.1% C 0.148 H 289.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C8A
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 138)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 68.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.45, 35.60, -48.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.45, 60.22, 306.25°)
OKLab	oklab(38.14% 0.05 -0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(38.14% 0.148 289.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9411, 4.9012, 24.5674)
Luminance	0.0490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C8A #718A2C

analogous

#2C428A #452C8A #742C8A

triadic

#452C8A #8A452C #2C8A45

tetradic

#452C8A #8A2C42 #718A2C #2C8A74

square

#452C8A #8A2C42 #718A2C #2C8A74

split-complementary

#452C8A #8A742C #428A2C

monochromatic

#170E2D #2E1D5C #452C8A #5C3BB8 #7F63CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.60

#452C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.98

#452C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C8A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C8A	1.00	10.60	1.98	10.60
#FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.1% 0.148 289.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f67ad',
    500: '#452c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c8a;
$custom-light: #7f67ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.957,
    "s": 51.648,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38135,
    "c": 0.14788,
    "h": 289.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.04902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C8A

secondary

#9DB45E

accent

#DB4DB5

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C8A

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

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