#651E8D#651E8D

#651E8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 40.5% C 0.173 H 309.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#651E8D
RGB	rgb(101, 30, 141)
HSL	hsl(278, 65%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(278, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 78.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.43, 49.45, -47.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.43, 68.24, 316.44°)
OKLab	oklab(40.53% 0.1108 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(40.53% 0.173 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6379, 5.6186, 25.7182)
Luminance	0.0562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.24

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#651E8D #468D1E

analogous

#2D1E8D #651E8D #8D1E7D

triadic

#651E8D #8D651E #1E8D65

tetradic

#651E8D #8D2D1E #468D1E #1E7D8D

square

#651E8D #8D2D1E #468D1E #1E7D8D

split-complementary

#651E8D #7D8D1E #1E8D2D

monochromatic

#1D0928 #41135B #651E8D #8929BF #A64CD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.89

#651E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.12

#651E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #651E8D

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##651E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##651E8D	1.00	9.89	2.12	9.89
#FFFFFF	9.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.89	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: #651e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 30, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.5% 0.173 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9562af',
    500: '#651e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #651e8d;
$custom-light: #9562af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#651e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 30,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.378,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 33.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40529,
    "c": 0.17344,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.05618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#651E8D

secondary

#74BC4B

accent

#E8407C

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF5

border

#CCC6CF

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #651E8D

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

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