#452EA4#452EA4

#452EA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.8% C 0.178 H 284.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452EA4
RGB	rgb(69, 46, 164)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 72%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.16, 42.42, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.16, 73.55, 305.23°)
OKLab	oklab(40.78% 0.0436 -0.173)
OKLCH	oklch(40.78% 0.178 284.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.1300, 5.8989, 35.7196)
Luminance	0.0590 (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

#452EA4 #8DA42E

analogous

#2E52A4 #452EA4 #802EA4

triadic

#452EA4 #A4452E #2EA445

tetradic

#452EA4 #A42E52 #8DA42E #2EA480

square

#452EA4 #A42E52 #8DA42E #2EA480

split-complementary

#452EA4 #A4802E #52A42E

monochromatic

#1D1344 #312174 #452EA4 #5F45CB #8874D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.63

#452EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#452EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452EA4

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452EA4	1.00	9.63	2.18	9.63
#FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 46, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.8% 0.178 284.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8369c0',
    500: '#452ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452ea4;
$custom-light: #8369c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.695,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40779,
    "c": 0.17837,
    "h": 284.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452EA4

secondary

#B0C06E

accent

#DF48C2

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #452EA4

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

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