#451ba5

Color #451ba5

A vivid, highly saturated dark blue.

Closest named color Dark Blue #00008b · ΔE 11.75 Nearest Tailwind class violet-900 #4d179a · ΔE 2.2

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Conversions

HEX

#451ba5

RGB

rgb(69, 27, 165)

HSL

hsl(258.3, 71.9%, 37.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(258.3, 83.6%, 64.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(58.2%, 83.6%, 0%, 35.3%)

LAB

lab(26.05, 51.87, -65.79)

LCH

lch(26.05, 83.78, 308.25)

OKLCH

oklch(38.6%, 0.1977, 286.57)

HWB

hwb(258.3, 10.6%, 35.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#7ba51b

Analogous

#1b36a5

#451ba5

#8a1ba5

Triadic

#451ba5

#a5451b

#1ba545

Split-complementary

#451ba5

#a58a1b

#36a51b

Tetradic

#451ba5

#a51b7b

#7ba51b

#1ba545

Square

#451ba5

#a51b36

#7ba51b

#1ba58a

Shades

Color #451ba5 mixed toward black.

#391689

#2e126e

#220d52

#170937

#0b041b

Tints

Color #451ba5 mixed toward white.

#5822d2

#7749e1

#9976e9

#bba4f0

#ddd1f8

Tones

Color #451ba5 mixed toward gray.

#492699

#4e328e

#523d82

#574977

#5b546b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

10.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

1.95:1

White text reads better on this background (10.75:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#373792 · ΔE 7.9

Deuteranopia

#393c8d · ΔE 9.7

Tritanopia

#44817c · ΔE 39.1

Achromatopsia

#3e3e3e · ΔE 29.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #451ba5;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#451ba5]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Slate Blue #6a5acd

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Frequently asked questions

#451ba5 (#451ba5) is rgb(69, 27, 165) in RGB.

No, #451ba5 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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