#651D8A#651D8A

#651D8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.2% C 0.172 H 310.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651D8A
RGB	rgb(101, 29, 138)
HSL	hsl(280, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(280, 79%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 79%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.06, 49.17, -45.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.06, 67.17, 317.06°)
OKLab	oklab(40.2% 0.1124 -0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(40.2% 0.172 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.3928, 5.4807, 24.5502)
Luminance	0.0548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.92

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651D8A #428A1D

analogous

#2F1D8A #651D8A #8A1D78

triadic

#651D8A #8A651D #1D8A65

tetradic

#651D8A #8A2F1D #428A1D #1D788A

square

#651D8A #8A2F1D #428A1D #1D788A

split-complementary

#651D8A #788A1D #1D8A2F

monochromatic

#1B0825 #401257 #651D8A #8A28BD #A849D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

10.02

#651D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#651D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651D8A

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651D8A	1.00	10.02	2.10	10.02
#FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	10.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#014388

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603753

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 29, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.2% 0.172 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562ad',
    500: '#651d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651d8a;
$custom-light: #9562ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.633,
    "s": 65.269,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40198,
    "c": 0.17159,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651D8A

secondary

#6FBB48

accent

#E84079

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651D8A

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

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