#452FA4#452FA4

#452FA4 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.060; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.177 H 283.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#452FA4
RGB	rgb(69, 47, 164)
HSL	hsl(251, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(251, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 71.3%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.36, 41.87, -59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.36, 72.96, 305.02°)
OKLab	oklab(40.92% 0.0427 -0.172)
OKLCH	oklch(40.92% 0.177 283.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1695, 5.9779, 35.7327)
Luminance	0.0598 (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

#452FA4 #8EA42F

analogous

#2F54A4 #452FA4 #802FA4

triadic

#452FA4 #A4452F #2FA445

tetradic

#452FA4 #A42F54 #8EA42F #2FA480

square

#452FA4 #A42F54 #8EA42F #2FA480

split-complementary

#452FA4 #A4802F #54A42F

monochromatic

#1D1445 #312174 #452FA4 #5F46CA #8876D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.56

#452FA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.20

#452FA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #452FA4

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##452FA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##452FA4	1.00	9.56	2.20	9.56
#FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0049A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0041A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#124E66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #452fa4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 47, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.177 283.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#836ac0',
    500: '#452fa4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #452fa4;
$custom-light: #836ac0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#452fa4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 47,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.282,
    "s": 55.45,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40922,
    "c": 0.17724,
    "h": 283.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#452FA4

secondary

#B0C06F

accent

#DF49C3

background

#F8F6FB

surface

#F0EBF7

border

#CBC6D0

text

#0C0612

muted

#7D7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #452FA4

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

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