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#643bed

a balanced, electric blue · cool · closest name: Blue Violet

Token name suggestion: Studio Sapphire

RGB
100, 59, 237
HSL
254°, 83%, 58%
CMYK
58, 75, 0, 7
Luminance
0.1195

#643bed is a balanced electric blue, 254° on the wheel and 76/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (6.19:1). As text it scores 6.19:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Blue Violet, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(254 83% 58%)rgb(100 59 237)Base step 500AA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #643bed is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#643bed
Hue
254°
blue
Saturation
83%
electric
Lightness
58%
balanced
Brightness
93%
HSV value
Perceived
42%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.1195
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
76/100 cool
Color family
Blue
Tone
Electric
Best ink
White
6.19:1
Closest name
Blue Violet
ΔE2000 5.9
Chroma
103.0
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.520
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 10.5
Web-safe
#6633FF
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue254° of 360°
Saturation83%
Lightness58%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #643bed.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool76% cool

Reads cool. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red23%
Green26%
Blue51%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#643bed
HEX (8-digit)#643bedff
RGBrgb(100, 59, 237)
RGBArgba(100, 59, 237, 1)
HSLhsl(254, 83%, 58%)
HSV / HSBhsv(254, 75%, 93%)
HWBhwb(254 23% 7%)
CMYKcmyk(58%, 75%, 0%, 7%)
LABlab(41.1 61.2 -82.9)
LCHlch(41.1 103.0 306.4)
OKLCHoklch(0.520 0.247 284.4)
XYZ (D65)xyz(22.10, 11.95, 81.25)
Decimal6568941
Display P3color(display-p3 0.392 0.231 0.929)
Web-safe#6633FF

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #643bed;
background-color: #643bed;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #643bed;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#643bed] bg-[#643bed]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #643bed;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.392, green: 0.231, blue: 0.929)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.392, green: 0.231, blue: 0.929, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#643BED</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF643BED)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF643BED)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(237, 59, 100)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(100, 59, 237)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(100, 59, 237)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 100, 59, 237)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.3922f, 0.2314f, 0.9294f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{100,59,237}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #643bed 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #643bed 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#230B75, #D9D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #643bed h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F5F2FC;
  --brand-100: #EAE6FA;
  --brand-200: #D1C6F6;
  --brand-300: #AE98F6;
  --brand-400: #8565F1;
  --brand-500: #643bed;
  --brand-600: #4315E0;
  --brand-700: #3811BB;
  --brand-800: #2D0E95;
  --brand-900: #240E6C;
  --brand-950: #160944;
  --brand: #643bed;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F6F4FA;
  --brand-border: #CAC0ED;
  --brand-hover: #4A1AEA;
  --brand-pressed: #3E13CE;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #181424;
    --brand-ink: #D9D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F5F2FC',
        100: '#EAE6FA',
        200: '#D1C6F6',
        300: '#AE98F6',
        400: '#8565F1',
        500: '#643bed',
        600: '#4315E0',
        700: '#3811BB',
        800: '#2D0E95',
        900: '#240E6C',
        950: '#160944',
        DEFAULT: '#643bed',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F5F2FC,
  '100': #EAE6FA,
  '200': #D1C6F6,
  '300': #AE98F6,
  '400': #8565F1,
  '500': #643bed,
  '600': #4315E0,
  '700': #3811BB,
  '800': #2D0E95,
  '900': #240E6C,
  '950': #160944,
);
$brand-base: #643bed;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F5F2FC", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EAE6FA", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#D1C6F6", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#AE98F6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#8565F1", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#643bed", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#4315E0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#3811BB", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#2D0E95", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#240E6C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#160944", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#ffffff", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#ffffff on #643bed · 6.19:1
Use #ffffffAA at every size, AAA for large text only.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 6.19:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 3.39:1
AA fail · AA large pass · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #643bed as text scores 6.19:1 on white and 3.39:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #EDE8FD at 5.18:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#643bed · 6.19:1
AA on whitealready passes
#643bed
The quick fox
#5528EB · 7.27:1
AAA on white−4% L
#5528EB
The quick fox
#7E5BF0 · 4.64:1
AA on black+7% L
#7E5BF0
The quick fox
#9F86F4 · 7.19:1
AAA on black+16% L
#9F86F4

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #643BED is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#643bed on white: 6.19:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#643bed on black: 3.39:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #643bed as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #643bed.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White6.19:1AaAa
Slate 505.92:1AaAa
Slate 1005.65:1AaAa
Slate 2005.02:1AaAa
Slate 3004.17:1AaAa
Slate 4002.42:1AaAa
Slate 5001.30:1AaAa
Slate 6001.22:1AaAa
Slate 7001.67:1AaAa
Slate 8002.36:1AaAa
Slate 9002.88:1AaAa
Black3.39:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #0066F2
deuteranopia · #005BEA
tritanopia · #106E92

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #643bed is pinned to step 500; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F5F2FC
#EAE6FA
#D1C6F6
#AE98F6
#8565F1
#643bed
#4315E0
#3811BB
#2D0E95
#240E6C
#160944
Base = 500Lightest = 50 · #F5F2FCDarkest = 950 · #160944Text step on white = 500
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.062 284.4);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.099 284.4);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.148 284.4);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.192 284.4);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.227 284.4);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.247 284.4);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.247 284.4);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.232 284.4);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.207 284.4);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.173 284.4);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.136 284.4);
}

Colors that work with #643bed

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#ffffff
White wins here
Surface#F6F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#CAC0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#5D4B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#BFBC0D
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#230B75
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#EDE8FD
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#181424
Dark-mode background
Hover#4A1AEA
One step down in lightness
Pressed#3E13CE
Two steps down
Disabled#C6C1D7
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#6D44F8
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
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How to use #643bed

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Body text and links on white
  • Primary buttons and calls to action
  • Focus rings, active and selected states
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Any size
Safe as a fill behind white type
Yes
Safe as a 1px border on white
Yes

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

trustedcalmcompetentcorporate

The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed.

At this chroma the association is amplified — it will dominate anything placed beside it, so give it space and use it sparingly. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

It is also the most crowded hue on the web. Distinctiveness has to come from your other choices.

Reads as
  • FormalityLow
  • EnergyHigh
  • Weight42/100
  • TemperatureCool
  • ApproachabilityReserved

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#C4ED3B
Analogous left#3B6BED
Analogous right#BD3BED
Split-complement 1#EDBD3B
Split-complement 2#6BED3B
Triadic 1#ED643B
Triadic 2#3BED64
Tetradic#ED3B6B
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°254°

#643bed sits at 254°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red39.2%
Green23.1%
Blue92.9%
R · 0–255
100
0x64
G · 0–255
59
0x3b
B · 0–255
237
0xed

CMYK percentages

Cyan57.8%
Magenta75.1%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)7.1%

Total ink coverage is 140%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#643bed text on a black background

contrast 3.39:1

Card sample

#643bed text on a white background

contrast 6.19:1

Card sample

#643bed on grey

5.65:1

#643bed on its own surface

5.67:1

#643bed on its dark surface

2.91:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #643bed;
Background color
Panel with #643bed background
background-color: #643bed;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #643bed;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(100, 59, 237, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(100, 59, 237, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #643bed;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #643bed, #DB3BED);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #643bed, #ED3BD3);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #643bed;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #643bed;
caret-color: #643bed;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #643bed;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #EDE8FD;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #643bed;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#643bed 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #643bed over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(100, 59, 237, 0.5)
rgb(100 59 237 / 50%)
#643bed80
hsl(254 83% 58% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #643bed 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#643bed1a#F0EBFD
20%#643bed33#E0D8FB
40%#643bed66#C1B1F8
60%#643bed99#A289F4
80%#643bedcc#8362F1

Gradients from #643bed

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #9073F2, #643bed 45%, #230B75);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #643bed, #E61FEA);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #643bed, #C4ED3B);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A68FF5 0%, #643bed 45%, #230B75 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #6A99F1 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #D357F0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #230B75 0%, transparent 65%), #643bed;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #643bed

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#643bed in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
TechnologyFinanceHealthcareEnterprise SaaS
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Sits outside most CMYK gamuts — expect a duller press result, or specify a spot ink.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Too dim on dark surfaces at 3.39:1 — lift it to #7E5BF0 for body text, or reserve it for fills.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#643bed, answered

What color is #643bed?

#643bed is a balanced electric blue, closest to Blue Violet (ΔE2000 5.9). It sits at 254° on the hue wheel with 83% saturation and 58% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #643bed?

rgb(100, 59, 237) — 100 red, 59 green and 237 blue out of 255, or 39.2% / 23.1% / 92.9% by channel.

What is #643bed in HSL and HSV?

hsl(254, 83%, 58%) and hsv(254, 75%, 93%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #643bed a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.1195 and perceived brightness is 42%, so white text on it reaches 6.19:1.

Should I use black or white text on #643bed?

White. It scores 6.19:1 against #643bed, versus 3.39:1 for black — AA at any size.

Is #643bed accessible on a white background?

#643bed on white scores 6.19:1, which clears AA at every size but not AAA.

What is the complementary color of #643bed?

#C4ED3B sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #EDBD3B and #6BED3B, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #643bed?

For interface work: #F6F4FA as the surface, #CAC0ED for borders, #5D4B9B for secondary text, #BFBC0D as an accent and #230B75 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #3B6BED and #BD3BED stays calm, while #C4ED3B is the loudest partner.

What is #643bed in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(58%, 75%, 0%, 7%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — a color this saturated sits outside most CMYK gamuts and will print duller than it looks here.

Is #643bed warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 76 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #A53BED; nudged cooler, #3952EF.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #643bed?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 10.5 away. That is a visible difference, so define #643bed as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #643bed in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#643bed] or text-[#643bed], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #643bed with 50% opacity?

rgba(100, 59, 237, 0.5), or #643bed80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B29DF6; over black, #321E77.

Is #643bed a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #6633FF, ΔE2000 2.2 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #643bed mean?

As a blue, it reads trusted, calm, competent. The default of institutions for a reason: blue is read as stable and safe across nearly every culture that has been surveyed. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #643bed?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #9073F2, #643bed 45%, #230B75). For more colour, a short hue run to #E61FEA keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #643bed in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #643bed at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.