#452C9F#452C9F

#452C9F is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.0% C 0.174 H 285.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452C9F
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 159)
HSL	hsl(253, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(253, 72%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(56.6%, 72.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 42.00, -58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 71.98, 305.70°)
OKLab	oklab(40.03% 0.0463 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(40.03% 0.174 285.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.6110, 5.5692, 33.3627)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452C9F #869F2C

analogous

#2C4D9F #452C9F #7E2C9F

triadic

#452C9F #9F452C #2C9F45

tetradic

#452C9F #9F2C4D #869F2C #2C9F7E

square

#452C9F #9F2C4D #869F2C #2C9F7E

split-complementary

#452C9F #9F7E2C #4D9F2C

monochromatic

#1B113F #301F6F #452C9F #5D3ECA #856ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#452C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#452C9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452C9F

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452C9F	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0046A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003F9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#1B4B62

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.0% 0.174 285.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8368bc',
    500: '#452c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452c9f;
$custom-light: #8368bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 253.043,
    "s": 56.65,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40028,
    "c": 0.17445,
    "h": 285.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452C9F

secondary

#ACBE69

accent

#E048BF

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #452C9F

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

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