#453CA9#453CA9

#453CA9 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.4% C 0.168 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#453CA9
RGB	rgb(69, 60, 169)
HSL	hsl(245, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(245, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(59.2%, 64.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.61, 35.80, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.61, 67.68, 301.94°)
OKLab	oklab(43.4% 0.0306 -0.1652)
OKLCH	oklch(43.4% 0.168 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.2293, 7.3607, 38.3575)
Luminance	0.0736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Blue With A Hint Of Purple

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#453CA9 #A0A93C

analogous

#3C6AA9 #453CA9 #7B3CA9

triadic

#453CA9 #A9453C #3CA945

tetradic

#453CA9 #A93C6A #A0A93C #3CA97B

square

#453CA9 #A93C6A #A0A93C #3CA97B

split-complementary

#453CA9 #A97B3C #6AA93C

monochromatic

#201C4F #332C7C #453CA9 #655DC5 #908AD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.49

#453CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.47

#453CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #453CA9

8.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##453CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##453CA9	1.00	8.49	2.47	8.49
#FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#01576D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #453ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 60, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.4% 0.168 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8372c3',
    500: '#453ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #453ca9;
$custom-light: #8372c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#453ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.954,
    "s": 47.598,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43404,
    "c": 0.16802,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#453CA9

secondary

#BBC081

accent

#D751CC

background

#F8F6FC

surface

#F0ECF8

border

#CBC7D1

text

#0C0813

muted

#7D7B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #453CA9

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

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