#6517A0#6517A0

#6517A0 is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.059; OKLCH L 41.6% C 0.198 H 304.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6517A0
RGB	rgb(101, 23, 160)
HSL	hsl(274, 75%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(274, 86%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(36.9%, 85.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(29.20, 56.11, -57.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(29.20, 80.29, 314.33°)
OKLab	oklab(41.56% 0.1108 -0.1639)
OKLCH	oklch(41.56% 0.198 304.1)
XYZ	xyz(12.0169, 5.9176, 33.7600)
Luminance	0.0592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6517A0 #52A017

analogous

#2117A0 #6517A0 #A01796

triadic

#6517A0 #A06517 #17A065

tetradic

#6517A0 #A02117 #52A017 #1796A0

square

#6517A0 #A02117 #52A017 #1796A0

split-complementary

#6517A0 #96A017 #17A021

monochromatic

#210835 #430F6A #6517A0 #871FD6 #A34CE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.62

#6517A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.18

#6517A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6517A0

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6517A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6517A0	1.00	9.62	2.18	9.62
#FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0043A4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00459D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#593F5F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#454545

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6517a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 23, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.6% 0.198 304.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9761bd',
    500: '#6517a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6517a0;
$custom-light: #9761bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6517a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 23,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.161,
    "s": 74.863,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41563,
    "c": 0.19788,
    "h": 304.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6517A0

secondary

#81C74C

accent

#F13687

background

#F9F6FB

surface

#F2EBF7

border

#CCC6D0

text

#0E0512

muted

#7E7A81

Preview Lab

Preview with #6517A0

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

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