#453B4E#453B4E

#453B4E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.049; OKLCH L 37.0% C 0.035 H 308.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#453B4E
RGB	rgb(69, 59, 78)
HSL	hsl(272, 14%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(272, 24%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 24.4%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(26.57, 8.63, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(26.57, 13.16, 310.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.03% 0.0215 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(37.03% 0.035 308.6)
XYZ	xyz(5.3931, 4.9432, 7.8763)
Luminance	0.0494 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#453B4E #444E3B

analogous

#3C3B4E #453B4E #4E3B4E

triadic

#453B4E #4E453B #3B4E45

tetradic

#453B4E #4E3C3B #444E3B #3B4E4E

square

#453B4E #4E3C3B #444E3B #3B4E4E

split-complementary

#453B4E #4E4E3B #3B4E3C

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #26212B #453B4E #645571 #837093

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.56

#453B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.99

#453B4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #453B4E

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##453B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##453B4E	1.00	10.56	1.99	10.56
#FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#383E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3A3F4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#3F3F3F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #453b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 59, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.0% 0.035 308.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78717f',
    500: '#453b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #453b4e;
$custom-light: #78717f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#453b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.579,
    "s": 13.869,
    "l": 26.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37033,
    "c": 0.03451,
    "h": 308.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.04943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#453B4E

secondary

#727E67

accent

#B77192

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09070A

muted

#7B7A7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #453B4E

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

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