#651D8D#651D8D

#651D8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.174 H 309.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651D8D
RGB	rgb(101, 29, 141)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 79.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.30, 49.83, -47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.30, 68.67, 316.53°)
OKLab	oklab(40.44% 0.1117 -0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(40.44% 0.174 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6130, 5.5687, 25.7099)
Luminance	0.0557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651D8D #458D1D

analogous

#2D1D8D #651D8D #8D1D7D

triadic

#651D8D #8D651D #1D8D65

tetradic

#651D8D #8D2D1D #458D1D #1D7D8D

square

#651D8D #8D2D1D #458D1D #1D7D8D

split-complementary

#651D8D #7D8D1D #1D8D2D

monochromatic

#1C0827 #41135A #651D8D #8927C0 #A74BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.93

#651D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#651D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651D8D

9.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651D8D	1.00	9.93	2.11	9.93
#FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#004090

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F3955

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 29, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.174 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562af',
    500: '#651d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651d8d;
$custom-light: #9562af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40437,
    "c": 0.17449,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651D8D

secondary

#73BC4A

accent

#E93F7C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651D8D

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

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