#6551BD#6551BD

#6551BD is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.163 H 287.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6551BD
RGB	rgb(101, 81, 189)
HSL	hsl(251, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.6%, 57.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.73, 35.58, -54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.73, 64.96, 303.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.24% 0.0496 -0.1551)
OKLCH	oklch(51.24% 0.163 287.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4919, 12.3250, 49.5915)
Luminance	0.1233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6551BD #A9BD51

analogous

#5173BD #6551BD #9B51BD

triadic

#6551BD #BD6551 #51BD65

tetradic

#6551BD #BD5173 #A9BD51 #51BD9B

square

#6551BD #BD5173 #A9BD51 #51BD9B

split-complementary

#6551BD #BD9B51 #73BD51

monochromatic

#35296B #4B3997 #6551BD #8C7DCE #B4AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#6551BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#6551BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6551BD

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6551BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6551BD	1.00	6.06	3.47	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0765C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0960BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#49697F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6551bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 81, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.163 287.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9782d2',
    500: '#6551bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6551bd;
$custom-light: #9782d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6551bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.111,
    "s": 45,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5124,
    "c": 0.16283,
    "h": 287.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6551BD

secondary

#C4CC9E

accent

#D553BD

background

#F9F8FC

surface

#F2EFF9

border

#CCCAD2

text

#0E0A14

muted

#7E7C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #6551BD

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

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