#651E8A#651E8A

#651E8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.055; OKLCH L 40.3% C 0.171 H 310.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651E8A
RGB	rgb(101, 30, 138)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 78.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.20, 48.79, -45.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.20, 66.74, 316.97°)
OKLab	oklab(40.29% 0.1114 -0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(40.29% 0.171 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.4177, 5.5305, 24.5585)
Luminance	0.0553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.01

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651E8A #438A1E

analogous

#2F1E8A #651E8A #8A1E79

triadic

#651E8A #8A651E #1E8A65

tetradic

#651E8A #8A2F1E #438A1E #1E798A

square

#651E8A #8A2F1E #438A1E #1E798A

split-complementary

#651E8A #798A1E #1E8A2F

monochromatic

#1B0825 #401358 #651E8A #8A29BC #A74BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.97

#651E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#651E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651E8A

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651E8A	1.00	9.97	2.11	9.97
#FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#034488

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603853

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 30, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.3% 0.171 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562ad',
    500: '#651e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651e8a;
$custom-light: #9562ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.444,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40292,
    "c": 0.17051,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651E8A

secondary

#70BA4A

accent

#E7417A

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651E8A

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

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