#651C8E#651C8E

#651C8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.176 H 309.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651C8E
RGB	rgb(101, 28, 142)
HSL	hsl(278, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 80.3%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.25, 50.43, -47.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.25, 69.58, 316.45°)
OKLab	oklab(40.43% 0.1124 -0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(40.43% 0.176 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.6636, 5.5504, 26.0955)
Luminance	0.0555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651C8E #458E1C

analogous

#2C1C8E #651C8E #8E1C7E

triadic

#651C8E #8E651C #1C8E65

tetradic

#651C8E #8E2C1C #458E1C #1C7E8E

square

#651C8E #8E2C1C #458E1C #1C7E8E

split-complementary

#651C8E #7E8E1C #1C8E2C

monochromatic

#1C0828 #41125B #651C8E #8926C1 #A749DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.95

#651C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#651C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651C8E

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651C8E	1.00	9.95	2.11	9.95
#FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004091

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 28, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.176 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9662b0',
    500: '#651c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651c8e;
$custom-light: #9662b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 28,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.421,
    "s": 67.059,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40427,
    "c": 0.17647,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651C8E

secondary

#73BD49

accent

#EA3E7C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651C8E

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

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