#453D4E#453D4E

#453D4E is a dark, muted violet. Relative luminance 0.052; OKLCH L 37.5% C 0.030 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#453D4E
RGB	rgb(69, 61, 78)
HSL	hsl(268, 12%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(268, 22%, 31%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.5%, 21.8%, 0%, 69.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.17, 7.31, -9.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.17, 11.62, 308.99°)
OKLab	oklab(37.49% 0.018 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(37.49% 0.03 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(5.4979, 5.1528, 7.9112)
Luminance	0.0515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#453D4E #464E3D

analogous

#3D3E4E #453D4E #4E3D4E

triadic

#453D4E #4E453D #3D4E45

tetradic

#453D4E #4E3D3E #464E3D #3D4E4E

square

#453D4E #4E3D3E #464E3D #3D4E4E

split-complementary

#453D4E #4E4E3D #3E4E3D

monochromatic

#0F0D11 #27222C #453D4E #635870 #827392

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.34

#453D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.03

#453D4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #453D4E

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##453D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##453D4E	1.00	10.34	2.03	10.34
#FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A404F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C404D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#443F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#404040

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #453d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 61, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(37.5% 0.030 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78727f',
    500: '#453d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #453d4e;
$custom-light: #78727f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#453d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 268.235,
    "s": 12.23,
    "l": 27.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37492,
    "c": 0.03038,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.05153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#453D4E

secondary

#747D6A

accent

#B57396

background

#F7F6F7

surface

#EDECEE

border

#C8C7C9

text

#09080A

muted

#7B7B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #453D4E

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

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