#452EA5#452EA5

#452EA5 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.180 H 284.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452EA5
RGB	rgb(69, 46, 165)
HSL	hsl(252, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(252, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(58.2%, 72.1%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.25, 42.73, -60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.25, 74.10, 305.22°)
OKLab	oklab(40.87% 0.0434 -0.1743)
OKLCH	oklch(40.87% 0.18 284)
XYZ	xyz(10.2207, 5.9352, 36.1970)
Luminance	0.0594 (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

#452EA5 #8EA52E

analogous

#2E53A5 #452EA5 #812EA5

triadic

#452EA5 #A5452E #2EA545

tetradic

#452EA5 #A52E53 #8EA52E #2EA581

square

#452EA5 #A52E53 #8EA52E #2EA581

split-complementary

#452EA5 #A5812E #53A52E

monochromatic

#1D1345 #312175 #452EA5 #5F45CB #8875D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.60

#452EA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.19

#452EA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452EA5

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452EA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452EA5	1.00	9.60	2.19	9.60
#FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0048A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#104E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452ea5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 46, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.180 284.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8469c1',
    500: '#452ea5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452ea5;
$custom-light: #8469c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452ea5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.597,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40872,
    "c": 0.17961,
    "h": 284
  },
  "luminance": 0.05936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452EA5

secondary

#B0C06F

accent

#E048C2

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0EBF8

border

#CBC6D1

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #452EA5

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

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