#452E8D#452E8D

#452E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.051; OKLCH L 38.7% C 0.149 H 288.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452E8D
RGB	rgb(69, 46, 141)
HSL	hsl(255, 51%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(255, 67%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(51.1%, 67.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.14, 35.34, -49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.14, 60.67, 305.63°)
OKLab	oklab(38.71% 0.0475 -0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(38.71% 0.149 288.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.2376, 5.1419, 25.7526)
Luminance	0.0514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#452E8D #768D2E

analogous

#2E478D #452E8D #752E8D

triadic

#452E8D #8D452E #2E8D45

tetradic

#452E8D #8D2E47 #768D2E #2E8D75

square

#452E8D #8D2E47 #768D2E #2E8D75

split-complementary

#452E8D #8D752E #478D2E

monochromatic

#181031 #2E1F5F #452E8D #5C3DBB #8068CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.35

#452E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#452E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452E8D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452E8D	1.00	10.35	2.03	10.35
#FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004290

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2C4559

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 46, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.7% 0.149 288.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8068af',
    500: '#452e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452e8d;
$custom-light: #8068af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 254.526,
    "s": 50.802,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.38706,
    "c": 0.14913,
    "h": 288.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452E8D

secondary

#A1B562

accent

#DA4EB8

background

#F8F6FA

surface

#EFEBF5

border

#CAC6CF

text

#0B0610

muted

#7C7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #452E8D

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

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