#651B8E#651B8E

#651B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.177 H 309.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651B8E
RGB	rgb(101, 27, 142)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(279, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 81%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.12, 50.79, -48.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.12, 69.98, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.34% 0.1132 -0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(40.34% 0.177 309.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.6403, 5.5038, 26.0878)
Luminance	0.0550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651B8E #448E1B

analogous

#2C1B8E #651B8E #8E1B7D

triadic

#651B8E #8E651B #1B8E65

tetradic

#651B8E #8E2C1B #448E1B #1B7D8E

square

#651B8E #8E2C1B #448E1B #1B7D8E

split-complementary

#651B8E #7D8E1B #1B8E2C

monochromatic

#1C0727 #40115B #651B8E #8A25C1 #A747DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.00

#651B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#651B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651B8E

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651B8E	1.00	10.00	2.10	10.00
#FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00438C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F3855

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 27, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.177 309.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9661b0',
    500: '#651b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651b8e;
$custom-light: #9661b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 27,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4034,
    "c": 0.17746,
    "h": 309.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.05504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651B8E

secondary

#71BE47

accent

#EB3D7B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0511

muted

#7E7A80

Preview Lab

Preview with #651B8E

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

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