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#665B8A

#665b8a ≈ Royal Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#665b8a is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 35.69% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.09% cyan, 34.06% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 254.04°, with 20.52% saturation and 44.9% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with imagination, spirituality and luxury. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and brand accents. White text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 6.13:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Purple (#7851a9), ΔE 8.91.

Description generated from the measured properties of this color.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1214

Complementary

  1. #665b8a
  2. #7f8a5b

Split complementary

  1. #665b8a
  2. #8a7d5b
  3. #678a5b

Analogous

  1. #5b678a
  2. #665b8a
  3. #7d5b8a

Triadic

  1. #665b8a
  2. #8a665b
  3. #5b8a66

Tetradic

  1. #665b8a
  2. #8a5b7f
  3. #7f8a5b
  4. #5b8a66

Square

  1. #665b8a
  2. #8a5b67
  3. #7f8a5b
  4. #5b8a7d

Monochromatic

  1. #221e2e
  2. #443d5c
  3. #665b8a
  4. #8e84ae
  5. #b8b2cc

Shades

#665b8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #665b8a
  2. #5c527c
  3. #52496e
  4. #474061
  5. #3d3753
  6. #332e45
  7. #292437
  8. #1f1b29
  9. #14121c
  10. #0a090e
  11. #000000

Tints

#665b8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #665b8a
  2. #756b96
  3. #857ca1
  4. #948cad
  5. #a39db9
  6. #b3adc5
  7. #c2bdd0
  8. #d1cedc
  9. #e0dee8
  10. #f0eff3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#665b8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #665b8a
  2. #695f89
  3. #6b6288
  4. #6e6687
  5. #706a86
  6. #736e85
  7. #767184
  8. #787583
  9. #7b7982
  10. #7d7c81
  11. #808080

Readable text 6.13:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.43:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #626262 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #635f74 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #4f628c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #506189 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5f636c ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #595f8b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5a5f89 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #626079 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-665b8a {
  color: #665b8a;
}
Background
.bg-665b8a {
  background-color: #665b8a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-665b8a {
  border: 2px solid #665b8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #665b8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 91 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 254 21% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-665b8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #665b8a, #7d5b8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-665b8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 91 138 / 0.35);
}

#7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 8.91 #483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 11.61 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 11.69 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 12.84 #69359c Purple Heart ΔE 13.33 #8e4585 Deep Plum ΔE 13.41 #663399 Rebecca Purple ΔE 13.63 #99a475 Inverted #626262 Grayscale 

Royal Purple
#665b8a  rgb(102, 91, 138)  hsl(254, 21%, 45%)  Royal Purple
#7f8a5b  rgb(127, 138, 91)  hsl(74, 21%, 45%)  Moss Green
#8a665b  rgb(138, 102, 91)  hsl(14, 21%, 45%)  Copper Rose
#5b8a66  rgb(91, 138, 102)  hsl(134, 21%, 45%)  Sea Green