#65238B#65238B

#65238B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.058; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.166 H 309.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65238B
RGB	rgb(101, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(278, 60%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(278, 75%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 74.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.99, 46.97, -44.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.99, 64.96, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(40.88% 0.1064 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(40.88% 0.166 309.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.6271, 5.8331, 24.9872)
Luminance	0.0583 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Royal Purple (survey)

#4B006E

ΔE00 7.60

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65238B #498B23

analogous

#31238B #65238B #8B237D

triadic

#65238B #8B6523 #238B65

tetradic

#65238B #8B3123 #498B23 #237D8B

square

#65238B #8B3123 #498B23 #237D8B

split-complementary

#65238B #7D8B23 #238B31

monochromatic

#1E0A29 #41175A #65238B #892FBC #A554D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.69

#65238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.17

#65238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #65238B

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##65238B	1.00	9.69	2.17	9.69
#FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#00428E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0B4589

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#603B55

Achromatopsia (no color)

#444444

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.166 309.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9565ae',
    500: '#65238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65238b;
$custom-light: #9565ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.077,
    "s": 59.77,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40875,
    "c": 0.16578,
    "h": 309.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.05833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65238B

secondary

#77B852

accent

#E3457F

background

#F9F6FA

surface

#F2EBF4

border

#CCC6CE

text

#0E0610

muted

#7E7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #65238B

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

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