#453AAD#453AAD

#453AAD is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.176 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#453AAD
RGB	rgb(69, 58, 173)
HSL	hsl(246, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(246, 66%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(60.1%, 66.5%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.50, 38.32, -60.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.50, 71.21, 302.55°)
OKLab	oklab(43.42% 0.032 -0.1728)
OKLCH	oklch(43.42% 0.176 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.5077, 7.3076, 40.3312)
Luminance	0.0731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Ocean Blue

#4F42B5

ΔE00 2.68

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#453AAD #A2AD3A

analogous

#3A68AD #453AAD #7E3AAD

triadic

#453AAD #AD453A #3AAD45

tetradic

#453AAD #AD3A68 #A2AD3A #3AAD7E

square

#453AAD #AD3A68 #A2AD3A #3AAD7E

split-complementary

#453AAD #AD7E3A #68AD3A

monochromatic

#201B51 #332B7F #453AAD #665CC8 #918AD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.53

#453AAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.46

#453AAD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #453AAD

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##453AAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##453AAD	1.00	8.53	2.46	8.53
#FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0048AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00576E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #453aad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 58, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.176 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8471c6',
    500: '#453aad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #453aad;
$custom-light: #8471c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#453aad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 245.739,
    "s": 49.784,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43424,
    "c": 0.17573,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#453AAD

secondary

#BCC281

accent

#D94ECC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #453AAD

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

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