#651B8B#651B8B

#651B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.054; OKLCH L 40.1% C 0.175 H 310.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651B8B
RGB	rgb(101, 27, 139)
HSL	hsl(280, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(280, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 80.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(27.89, 50.13, -46.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(27.89, 68.49, 317.05°)
OKLab	oklab(40.1% 0.1139 -0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(40.1% 0.175 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4181, 5.4149, 24.9175)
Luminance	0.0541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651B8B #418B1B

analogous

#2D1B8B #651B8B #8B1B79

triadic

#651B8B #8B651B #1B8B65

tetradic

#651B8B #8B2D1B #418B1B #1B798B

square

#651B8B #8B2D1B #418B1B #1B798B

split-complementary

#651B8B #798B1B #1B8B2D

monochromatic

#1B0725 #401158 #651B8B #8A25BE #A845DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.08

#651B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.08

#651B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651B8B

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651B8B	1.00	10.08	2.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 27, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.1% 0.175 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9561ae',
    500: '#651b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651b8b;
$custom-light: #9561ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40098,
    "c": 0.1746,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651B8B

secondary

#6EBC45

accent

#EA3D78

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651B8B

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

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