#453EA4#453EA4

#453EA4 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.074; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.159 H 280.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#453EA4
RGB	rgb(69, 62, 164)
HSL	hsl(244, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(244, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(57.9%, 62.2%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.68, 32.92, -54.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.68, 63.52, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(43.33% 0.029 -0.1561)
OKLCH	oklch(43.33% 0.159 280.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.8756, 7.3901, 35.9681)
Luminance	0.0739 (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

#453EA4 #9DA43E

analogous

#3E6AA4 #453EA4 #783EA4

triadic

#453EA4 #A4453E #3EA445

tetradic

#453EA4 #A43E6A #9DA43E #3EA478

square

#453EA4 #A43E6A #9DA43E #3EA478

split-complementary

#453EA4 #A4783E #6AA43E

monochromatic

#201C4B #322D78 #453EA4 #645DC2 #8F8AD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.47

#453EA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.48

#453EA4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #453EA4

8.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##453EA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##453EA4	1.00	8.47	2.48	8.47
#FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0051A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0049A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#0F576B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #453ea4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 62, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.159 280.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8274c0',
    500: '#453ea4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #453ea4;
$custom-light: #8274c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#453ea4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 244.118,
    "s": 45.133,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43325,
    "c": 0.15875,
    "h": 280.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#453EA4

secondary

#B9BD81

accent

#D553CC

background

#F8F7FB

surface

#F0EDF7

border

#CBC8D0

text

#0B0812

muted

#7C7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #453EA4

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

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