#651E8C#651E8C

#651E8C is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.172 H 310.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651E8C
RGB	rgb(101, 30, 140)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(279, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.9%, 78.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.35, 49.23, -46.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.35, 67.74, 316.61°)
OKLab	oklab(40.45% 0.111 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(40.45% 0.172 310.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5638, 5.5889, 25.3281)
Luminance	0.0559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.16

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651E8C #458C1E

analogous

#2E1E8C #651E8C #8C1E7C

triadic

#651E8C #8C651E #1E8C65

tetradic

#651E8C #8C2E1E #458C1E #1E7C8C

square

#651E8C #8C2E1E #458C1E #1E7C8C

split-complementary

#651E8C #7C8C1E #1E8C2E

monochromatic

#1C0827 #41135A #651E8C #8929BE #A74CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.92

#651E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#651E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651E8C

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651E8C	1.00	9.92	2.12	9.92
#FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00408F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00448A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F3954

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #651e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 30, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.172 310.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562ae',
    500: '#651e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651e8c;
$custom-light: #9562ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.727,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 33.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4045,
    "c": 0.17246,
    "h": 310.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.05589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651E8C

secondary

#73BB4B

accent

#E8407C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651E8C

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

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