#6551BE#6551BE

#6551BE is a mid, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.164 H 287.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6551BE
RGB	rgb(101, 81, 190)
HSL	hsl(251, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(251, 57%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(46.8%, 57.4%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.80, 35.87, -54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.80, 65.52, 303.20°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.0496 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.164 287.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6008, 12.3685, 50.1652)
Luminance	0.1237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6551BE #AABE51

analogous

#5173BE #6551BE #9B51BE

triadic

#6551BE #BE6551 #51BE65

tetradic

#6551BE #BE5173 #AABE51 #51BE9B

square

#6551BE #BE5173 #AABE51 #51BE9B

split-complementary

#6551BE #BE9B51 #73BE51

monochromatic

#35286C #4B3999 #6551BE #8C7ECF #B4AADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05

#6551BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47

#6551BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #6551BE

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6551BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##6551BE	1.00	6.05	3.47	6.05
#FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0365C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0460BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#48697F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6551be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 81, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.164 287.6);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6551be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.009,
    "s": 45.607,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51312,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 287.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6551BE

secondary

#C4CD9E

accent

#D553BD

background

#F9F8FD

surface

#F2EFFA

border

#CCCAD3

text

#0E0A14

muted

#7E7C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #6551BE

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

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