#651D8B#651D8B

#651D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.173 H 310.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651D8B
RGB	rgb(101, 29, 139)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 79.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.14, 49.39, -46.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.14, 67.67, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(40.28% 0.1122 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(40.28% 0.173 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.4655, 5.5098, 24.9333)
Luminance	0.0551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 6.99

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651D8B #438B1D

analogous

#2E1D8B #651D8B #8B1D7A

triadic

#651D8B #8B651D #1D8B65

tetradic

#651D8B #8B2E1D #438B1D #1D7A8B

square

#651D8B #8B2E1D #438B1D #1D7A8B

split-complementary

#651D8B #7A8B1D #1D8B2E

monochromatic

#1B0826 #401258 #651D8B #8A28BE #A749D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.99

#651D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.10

#651D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651D8B

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651D8B	1.00	9.99	2.10	9.99
#FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#424242

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 29, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.173 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562ae',
    500: '#651d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651d8b;
$custom-light: #9562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.273,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40277,
    "c": 0.17256,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651D8B

secondary

#70BB49

accent

#E83F7A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0510

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651D8B

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

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