#452C8B#452C8B

#452C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 38.2% C 0.149 H 289.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C8B
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 139)
HSL	hsl(256, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(256, 68%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(50.4%, 68.3%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.54, 35.91, -49.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.54, 60.79, 306.21°)
OKLab	oklab(38.22% 0.0498 -0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(38.22% 0.149 289.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.0138, 4.9303, 24.9505)
Luminance	0.0493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C8B #728B2C

analogous

#2C428B #452C8B #742C8B

triadic

#452C8B #8B452C #2C8B45

tetradic

#452C8B #8B2C42 #728B2C #2C8B74

square

#452C8B #8B2C42 #728B2C #2C8B74

split-complementary

#452C8B #8B742C #428B2C

monochromatic

#170F2E #2E1D5D #452C8B #5C3BB9 #8064CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.57

#452C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#452C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C8B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C8B	1.00	10.57	1.99	10.57
#FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003C89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2D4357

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.2% 0.149 289.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f67ae',
    500: '#452c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c8b;
$custom-light: #7f67ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.789,
    "s": 51.913,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38222,
    "c": 0.14917,
    "h": 289.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.04931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C8B

secondary

#9EB45F

accent

#DB4CB6

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C8B

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

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