#452C8D#452C8D

#452C8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.4% C 0.152 H 289.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C8D
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 52%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 68.8%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.70, 36.52, -50.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.70, 61.93, 306.13°)
OKLab	oklab(38.4% 0.0495 -0.1434)
OKLCH	oklch(38.4% 0.152 289)
XYZ	xyz(8.1613, 4.9893, 25.7271)
Luminance	0.0499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C8D #748D2C

analogous

#2C448D #452C8D #762C8D

triadic

#452C8D #8D452C #2C8D45

tetradic

#452C8D #8D2C44 #748D2C #2C8D76

square

#452C8D #8D2C44 #748D2C #2C8D76

split-complementary

#452C8D #8D762C #448D2C

monochromatic

#170F30 #2E1D5E #452C8D #5C3BBC #8065CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.51

#452C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#452C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C8D

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C8D	1.00	10.51	2.00	10.51
#FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004190

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4458

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.4% 0.152 289.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067af',
    500: '#452c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c8d;
$custom-light: #8067af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.464,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38396,
    "c": 0.15175,
    "h": 289
  },
  "luminance": 0.0499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C8D

secondary

#9FB560

accent

#DC4CB7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C8D

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

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