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violet · cool

#662a98

a dark, vivid violet · cool · closest name: Rebecca Purple

Token name suggestion: Dusk Thistle

RGB
102, 42, 152
HSL
273°, 57%, 38%
CMYK
33, 72, 0, 40
Luminance
0.0675

#662a98 is a dark vivid violet, 273° on the wheel and 65/100 on the cool side. Put white text on it (8.94:1). As text it scores 8.94:1 on white — safe at any size. Nearest name is Rebecca Purple, nearest Tailwind family is violet.

hsl(273 57% 38%)rgb(102 42 152)Base step 700AAA inkCool

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #662a98 is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#662a98
Hue
273°
violet
Saturation
57%
vivid
Lightness
38%
dark
Brightness
60%
HSV value
Perceived
32%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.0675
WCAG relative
Temperature
Cool
65/100 cool
Color family
Violet
Tone
Vivid
Best ink
White
8.94:1
Closest name
Rebecca Purple
ΔE2000 1.9
Chroma
68.1
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.428
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
violet
500 · ΔE 19.7
Web-safe
#663399
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue273° of 360°
Saturation57%
Lightness38%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #662a98.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool65% 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
Red42%
Green25%
Blue34%

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

Every format

HEX#662a98
HEX (8-digit)#662a98ff
RGBrgb(102, 42, 152)
RGBArgba(102, 42, 152, 1)
HSLhsl(273, 57%, 38%)
HSV / HSBhsv(273, 72%, 60%)
HWBhwb(273 16% 40%)
CMYKcmyk(33%, 72%, 0%, 40%)
LABlab(31.2 47.1 -49.3)
LCHlch(31.2 68.1 313.7)
OKLCHoklch(0.428 0.171 305.1)
XYZ (D65)xyz(11.97, 6.75, 30.37)
Decimal6695576
Display P3color(display-p3 0.400 0.165 0.596)
Web-safe#663399

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #662a98;
background-color: #662a98;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #662a98;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#662a98] bg-[#662a98]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #662a98;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.400, green: 0.165, blue: 0.596)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.400, green: 0.165, blue: 0.596, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#662A98</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF662A98)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF662A98)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(152, 42, 102)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(102, 42, 152)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(102, 42, 152)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 102, 42, 152)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4000f, 0.1647f, 0.5961f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{102,42,152}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #662a98 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #662a98 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#431C64, #E2D3EE);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #662a98 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: #F8F4FB;
  --brand-100: #F0E9F6;
  --brand-200: #DFCDEE;
  --brand-300: #CAA7E7;
  --brand-400: #AF7BDB;
  --brand-500: #954FCE;
  --brand-600: #8135C0;
  --brand-700: #662a98;
  --brand-800: #562380;
  --brand-900: #401D5D;
  --brand-950: #28123A;
  --brand: #662a98;
  --brand-ink: #ffffff;
  --brand-surface: #F8F4FA;
  --brand-border: #D8C0ED;
  --brand-hover: #53227C;
  --brand-pressed: #401A60;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #1D1424;
    --brand-ink: #E2D3EE;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F8F4FB',
        100: '#F0E9F6',
        200: '#DFCDEE',
        300: '#CAA7E7',
        400: '#AF7BDB',
        500: '#954FCE',
        600: '#8135C0',
        700: '#662a98',
        800: '#562380',
        900: '#401D5D',
        950: '#28123A',
        DEFAULT: '#662a98',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F8F4FB,
  '100': #F0E9F6,
  '200': #DFCDEE,
  '300': #CAA7E7,
  '400': #AF7BDB,
  '500': #954FCE,
  '600': #8135C0,
  '700': #662a98,
  '800': #562380,
  '900': #401D5D,
  '950': #28123A,
);
$brand-base: #662a98;
$brand-ink: #ffffff;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F8F4FB", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#F0E9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DFCDEE", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#CAA7E7", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#AF7BDB", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#954FCE", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#8135C0", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#662a98", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#562380", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#401D5D", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#28123A", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$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 #662a98 · 8.94:1
Use #ffffffAAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 8.94:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Aa
Black text · 2.35:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Reading the other direction: #662a98 as text scores 8.94:1 on white and 2.35:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #F3EBF9 at 7.69:1.

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
#662a98 · 8.94:1
AA on whitealready passes
#662a98
The quick fox
#662a98 · 8.94:1
AAA on whitealready passes
#662a98
The quick fox
#9957D1 · 4.64:1
AA on black+20% L
#9957D1
The quick fox
#B483DD · 7.23:1
AAA on black+31% L
#B483DD

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #662A98 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
#662a98 on white: 8.94:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#662a98 on black: 2.35:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #662a98 as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #662a98.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White8.94:1AaAa
Slate 508.54:1AaAa
Slate 1008.16:1AaAa
Slate 2007.25:1AaAa
Slate 3006.02:1AaAa
Slate 4003.49:1AaAa
Slate 5001.88:1AaAa
Slate 6001.18:1AaAa
Slate 7001.16:1AaAa
Slate 8001.64:1AaAa
Slate 9002.00:1AaAa
Black2.35:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #00489B
deuteranopia · #004A96
tritanopia · #5D445E

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. #662a98 is pinned to step 700; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F8F4FB
#F0E9F6
#DFCDEE
#CAA7E7
#AF7BDB
#954FCE
#8135C0
#662a98
#562380
#401D5D
#28123A
Base = 700Lightest = 50 · #F8F4FBDarkest = 950 · #28123AText 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 0.043 305.1);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.068 305.1);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.103 305.1);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.133 305.1);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.157 305.1);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.171 305.1);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.171 305.1);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.161 305.1);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.144 305.1);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.120 305.1);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.094 305.1);
}

Colors that work with #662a98

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#F8F4FA
Tinted page background
Border#D8C0ED
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#764B9B
Captions on the surface
Accent#7FA428
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#431C64
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F3EBF9
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#1D1424
Dark-mode background
Hover#53227C
One step down in lightness
Pressed#401A60
Two steps down
Disabled#9B83AF
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7224B3
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
Notice
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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #662a98

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
  • Headers, footers and dark-mode surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
Use with care
  • Text on black or near-black surfaces
  • Full-page backgrounds — tiring over long sessions
  • Black text placed on it
  • 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.

creativepremiummodernimaginative

Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft.

This is a confident chroma: strong enough to lead a brand, restrained enough to live in an interface all day. The low lightness adds weight and formality.

Worth knowing

Deep violets swallow detail on screens with poor gamma; check it on a cheap laptop panel.

Reads as
  • FormalityHigh
  • EnergyMedium-high
  • Weight62/100
  • 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#5C982A
Analogous left#2F2A98
Analogous right#982A93
Split-complement 1#93982A
Split-complement 2#2A982F
Triadic 1#98662A
Triadic 2#2A9866
Tetradic#982F2A
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°273°

#662a98 sits at 273°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red40.0%
Green16.5%
Blue59.6%
R · 0–255
102
0x66
G · 0–255
42
0x2a
B · 0–255
152
0x98

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.9%
Magenta72.4%
Yellow0.0%
Key (black)40.4%

Total ink coverage is 146%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#662a98 text on a black background

contrast 2.35:1

Card sample

#662a98 text on a white background

contrast 8.94:1

Card sample

#662a98 on grey

8.16:1

#662a98 on its own surface

8.22:1

#662a98 on its dark surface

1.99:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #662a98;
Background color
Panel with #662a98 background
background-color: #662a98;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #662a98;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(102, 42, 152, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(102, 42, 152, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #662a98;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #662a98, #982A81);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #662a98, #982A65);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #662a98;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #662a98;
caret-color: #662a98;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #662a98;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F3EBF9;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #662a98;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#662a98 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #662a98 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(102, 42, 152, 0.5)
rgb(102 42 152 / 50%)
#662a9880
hsl(273 57% 38% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #662a98 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#662a981a#F0EAF5
20%#662a9833#E0D4EA
40%#662a9866#C2AAD6
60%#662a9899#A37FC1
80%#662a98cc#8555AD

Gradients from #662a98

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, #8637C8, #662a98 45%, #431C64);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #662a98, #802365);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #662a98, #5C982A);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #954FCE 0%, #662a98 45%, #431C64 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F8F4FA, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #353AC0 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #B0319F 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #431C64 0%, transparent 65%), #662a98;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #662a98

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.

#662a98 in the real world

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

Industries
Creative toolsFintechBeautyLuxury
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

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 2.35:1 — lift it to #9957D1 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.

#662a98, answered

What color is #662a98?

#662a98 is a dark vivid violet, closest to Rebecca Purple (ΔE2000 1.9). It sits at 273° on the hue wheel with 57% saturation and 38% lightness, which reads as cool.

What is the RGB value of #662a98?

rgb(102, 42, 152) — 102 red, 42 green and 152 blue out of 255, or 40% / 16.5% / 59.6% by channel.

What is #662a98 in HSL and HSV?

hsl(273, 57%, 38%) and hsv(273, 72%, 60%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #662a98 a light or a dark color?

It is a dark color. Relative luminance is 0.0675 and perceived brightness is 32%, so white text on it reaches 8.94:1.

Should I use black or white text on #662a98?

White. It scores 8.94:1 against #662a98, versus 2.35:1 for black — AAA at any size.

Is #662a98 accessible on a white background?

#662a98 on white scores 8.94:1, which clears AAA at every size.

What is the complementary color of #662a98?

#5C982A sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #93982A and #2A982F, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #662a98?

For interface work: #F8F4FA as the surface, #D8C0ED for borders, #764B9B for secondary text, #7FA428 as an accent and #431C64 for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #2F2A98 and #982A93 stays calm, while #5C982A is the loudest partner.

What is #662a98 in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(33%, 72%, 0%, 40%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #662a98 warm or cool?

Cool — it scores 65 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8E2A98; nudged cooler, #3C289A.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #662a98?

The violet family — its 500 step is #8b5cf6, ΔE2000 19.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #662a98 as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #662a98 in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#662a98] or text-[#662a98], 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 #662a98 with 50% opacity?

rgba(102, 42, 152, 0.5), or #662a9880 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B395CC; over black, #33154C.

Is #662a98 a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #663399, ΔE2000 1.9 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #662a98 mean?

As a violet, it reads creative, premium, modern. Violet sits between the warmth of red and the calm of blue, so it reads as inventive without reading as risky. Current shorthand for software craft. At this chroma the effect is amplified — it will dominate whatever sits beside it.

What gradient works with #662a98?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #8637C8, #662a98 45%, #431C64). For more colour, a short hue run to #802365 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #662a98 in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #662a98 at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.