#651E8B#651E8B

#651E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.4% C 0.171 H 310.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651E8B
RGB	rgb(101, 30, 139)
HSL	hsl(279, 64%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(279, 78%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 78.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.27, 49.01, -46.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.27, 67.24, 316.79°)
OKLab	oklab(40.37% 0.1112 -0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(40.37% 0.171 310.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4904, 5.5596, 24.9416)
Luminance	0.0556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.08

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651E8B #448B1E

analogous

#2F1E8B #651E8B #8B1E7A

triadic

#651E8B #8B651E #1E8B65

tetradic

#651E8B #8B2F1E #448B1E #1E7A8B

square

#651E8B #8B2F1E #448B1E #1E7A8B

split-complementary

#651E8B #7A8B1E #1E8B2F

monochromatic

#1C0826 #401359 #651E8B #8A29BD #A74BD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.94

#651E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.11

#651E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651E8B

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651E8B	1.00	9.94	2.11	9.94
#FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004489

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603854

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 30, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.4% 0.171 310.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562ae',
    500: '#651e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651e8b;
$custom-light: #9562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.083,
    "s": 64.497,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4037,
    "c": 0.17149,
    "h": 310.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.05559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651E8B

secondary

#71BB4A

accent

#E7407B

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651E8B

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

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