#452E8A#452E8A

#452E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.5% C 0.145 H 289.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452E8A
RGB	rgb(69, 46, 138)
HSL	hsl(255, 50%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(50%, 66.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.89, 34.42, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.89, 58.95, 305.73°)
OKLab	oklab(38.45% 0.0478 -0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(38.45% 0.145 289.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.0174, 5.0538, 24.5929)
Luminance	0.0505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452E8A #738A2E

analogous

#2E458A #452E8A #732E8A

triadic

#452E8A #8A452E #2E8A45

tetradic

#452E8A #8A2E45 #738A2E #2E8A73

square

#452E8A #8A2E45 #738A2E #2E8A73

split-complementary

#452E8A #8A732E #458A2E

monochromatic

#170F2E #2E1F5C #452E8A #5C3DB8 #8066CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.44

#452E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.01

#452E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452E8A

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452E8A	1.00	10.44	2.01	10.44
#FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00418D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003D88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2E4457

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 46, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.5% 0.145 289.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7f68ad',
    500: '#452e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452e8a;
$custom-light: #7f68ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 255,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.3845,
    "c": 0.14519,
    "h": 289.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.05054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452E8A

secondary

#9EB361

accent

#DA4EB7

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF4

border

#CAC6CE

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452E8A

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

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