#452CB3#452CB3

#452CB3 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.063; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.199 H 282.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452CB3
RGB	rgb(69, 44, 179)
HSL	hsl(251, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(251, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.5%, 75.4%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(30.21, 48.05, -67.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(30.21, 82.74, 305.51°)
OKLab	oklab(41.96% 0.0416 -0.1942)
OKLCH	oklch(41.96% 0.199 282.1)
XYZ	xyz(11.4891, 6.3204, 43.2536)
Luminance	0.0632 (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

#452CB3 #9AB32C

analogous

#2C56B3 #452CB3 #882CB3

triadic

#452CB3 #B3452C #2CB345

tetradic

#452CB3 #B32C56 #9AB32C #2CB388

square

#452CB3 #B32C56 #9AB32C #2CB388

split-complementary

#452CB3 #B3882C #56B32C

monochromatic

#1F1451 #322082 #452CB3 #634AD2 #8D7BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.27

#452CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.26

#452CB3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452CB3

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452CB3	1.00	9.27	2.26	9.27
#FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004CB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0042B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00526E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#474747

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 44, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.199 282.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8668cb',
    500: '#452cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452cb3;
$custom-light: #8668cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 60.538,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41956,
    "c": 0.19865,
    "h": 282.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.06321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452CB3

secondary

#B7C774

accent

#E444C6

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF9

border

#CBC6D2

text

#0C0613

muted

#7D7A82

Preview Lab

Preview with #452CB3

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

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