#651D8E#651D8E

#651D8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.175 H 309.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651D8E
RGB	rgb(101, 29, 142)
HSL	hsl(278, 66%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(278, 80%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 79.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.38, 50.06, -47.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.38, 69.17, 316.36°)
OKLab	oklab(40.52% 0.1115 -0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(40.52% 0.175 309.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6877, 5.5986, 26.1036)
Luminance	0.0560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651D8E #468E1D

analogous

#2C1D8E #651D8E #8E1D7E

triadic

#651D8E #8E651D #1D8E65

tetradic

#651D8E #8E2C1D #468E1D #1D7E8E

square

#651D8E #8E2C1D #468E1D #1D7E8E

split-complementary

#651D8E #7E8E1D #1D8E2C

monochromatic

#1D0828 #41135B #651D8E #8927C1 #A64BDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.91

#651D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#651D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651D8E

9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651D8E	1.00	9.91	2.12	9.91
#FFFFFF	9.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.91	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: #651d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 29, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.175 309.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562b0',
    500: '#651d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651d8e;
$custom-light: #9562b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 29,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.23,
    "s": 66.082,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40517,
    "c": 0.17546,
    "h": 309.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651D8E

secondary

#74BD4A

accent

#E93F7D

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651D8E

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

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