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#665E8A

#665e8a ≈ Royal Purple

  • violet
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: muted
  • Cool
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#665e8a is a color from the violet family, with medium lightness and muted saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 40% red, 36.86% green and 54.12% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 26.09% cyan, 31.88% magenta, 0% yellow and 45.88% black. Its hue angle is 250.91°, with 18.97% saturation and 45.49% 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 5.94:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Royal Purple (#7851a9), ΔE 9.78.

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Web safe#666699
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Relative luminance0.1267

Complementary

  1. #665e8a
  2. #828a5e

Split complementary

  1. #665e8a
  2. #8a7c5e
  3. #6c8a5e

Analogous

  1. #5e6c8a
  2. #665e8a
  3. #7c5e8a

Triadic

  1. #665e8a
  2. #8a665e
  3. #5e8a66

Tetradic

  1. #665e8a
  2. #8a5e82
  3. #828a5e
  4. #5e8a66

Square

  1. #665e8a
  2. #8a5e6c
  3. #828a5e
  4. #5e8a7c

Monochromatic

  1. #23202f
  2. #443f5c
  3. #665e8a
  4. #8e87ad
  5. #b9b5cc

Shades

#665e8a mixed progressively with black.

  1. #665e8a
  2. #5c557c
  3. #524b6e
  4. #474261
  5. #3d3853
  6. #332f45
  7. #292637
  8. #1f1c29
  9. #14131c
  10. #0a090e
  11. #000000

Tints

#665e8a mixed progressively with white.

  1. #665e8a
  2. #756e96
  3. #857ea1
  4. #948ead
  5. #a39eb9
  6. #b3afc5
  7. #c2bfd0
  8. #d1cfdc
  9. #e0dfe8
  10. #f0eff3
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#665e8a mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #665e8a
  2. #696189
  3. #6b6588
  4. #6e6887
  5. #706c86
  6. #736f85
  7. #767284
  8. #787683
  9. #7b7982
  10. #7d7d81
  11. #808080

Readable text 5.94:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓
Readable text 3.53:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕

Achromatopsia #646464 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #656175 ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #53648c ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #536389 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #5e656e ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #5b628b ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #5b6189 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #61637a ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-665e8a {
  color: #665e8a;
}
Background
.bg-665e8a {
  background-color: #665e8a;
  color: #ffffff;
}
Border
.border-665e8a {
  border: 2px solid #665e8a;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #665e8a;
  --color-primary-rgb: 102 94 138;
  --color-primary-hsl: 251 19% 45%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-665e8a {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #665e8a, #7c5e8a);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-665e8a {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(102 94 138 / 0.35);
}

#7851a9 Royal Purple ΔE 9.78 #796878 Old Lavender ΔE 10.95 #483d8b Dark Slate Blue ΔE 12.55 #6a5acd Slate Blue ΔE 13.14 #9678b6 Purple Mountain Majesty ΔE 14.20 #8e4585 Deep Plum ΔE 14.33 #436b95 Queen Blue ΔE 14.37 #99a175 Inverted #646464 Grayscale 

Royal Purple
#665e8a  rgb(102, 94, 138)  hsl(251, 19%, 45%)  Royal Purple
#828a5e  rgb(130, 138, 94)  hsl(71, 19%, 45%)  Moss Green
#8a665e  rgb(138, 102, 94)  hsl(11, 19%, 45%)  Copper Rose
#5e8a66  rgb(94, 138, 102)  hsl(131, 19%, 45%)  Sea Green