#452CA4#452CA4

#452CA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.057; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.181 H 284.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452CA4
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 164)
HSL	hsl(253, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(253, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 73.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.76, 43.52, -60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.76, 74.71, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(40.5% 0.0452 -0.1748)
OKLCH	oklch(40.5% 0.181 284.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.0537, 5.7463, 35.6941)
Luminance	0.0575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452CA4 #8BA42C

analogous

#2C4FA4 #452CA4 #812CA4

triadic

#452CA4 #A4452C #2CA445

tetradic

#452CA4 #A42C4F #8BA42C #2CA481

square

#452CA4 #A42C4F #8BA42C #2CA481

split-complementary

#452CA4 #A4812C #4FA42C

monochromatic

#1C1243 #311F74 #452CA4 #5E41CC #8771D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.77

#452CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.15

#452CA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452CA4

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452CA4	1.00	9.77	2.15	9.77
#FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0047A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0040A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#134D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.181 284.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8468c0',
    500: '#452ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452ca4;
$custom-light: #8468c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.5,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40499,
    "c": 0.18059,
    "h": 284.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.05747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452CA4

secondary

#AFC06B

accent

#E147C1

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #452CA4

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

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