#452C8E#452C8E

#452C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.050; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.153 H 288.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C8E
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 142)
HSL	hsl(255, 53%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 69%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.4%, 69%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.79, 36.82, -50.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.79, 62.49, 306.10°)
OKLab	oklab(38.48% 0.0494 -0.1448)
OKLCH	oklch(38.48% 0.153 288.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.2360, 5.0192, 26.1208)
Luminance	0.0502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C8E #758E2C

analogous

#2C448E #452C8E #762C8E

triadic

#452C8E #8E452C #2C8E45

tetradic

#452C8E #8E2C44 #758E2C #2C8E76

square

#452C8E #8E2C44 #758E2C #2C8E76

split-complementary

#452C8E #8E762C #448E2C

monochromatic

#180F31 #2E1E5F #452C8E #5C3ABD #8065CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.48

#452C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.00

#452C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C8E

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C8E	1.00	10.48	2.00	10.48
#FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004191

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.153 288.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8067b0',
    500: '#452c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c8e;
$custom-light: #8067b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255.306,
    "s": 52.688,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38484,
    "c": 0.15304,
    "h": 288.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C8E

secondary

#A0B660

accent

#DC4CB7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0611

muted

#7C7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C8E

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

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