#653B8A#653B8A

#653B8A is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.077; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.130 H 306.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653B8A
RGB	rgb(101, 59, 138)
HSL	hsl(272, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(272, 57%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 57.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.41, 34.43, -37.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.41, 50.65, 312.83°)
OKLab	oklab(44.05% 0.0769 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(44.05% 0.13 306.3)
XYZ	xyz(11.5173, 7.7297, 24.9251)
Luminance	0.0773 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653B8A #608A3B

analogous

#3D3B8A #653B8A #8A3B87

triadic

#653B8A #8A653B #3B8A65

tetradic

#653B8A #8A3D3B #608A3B #3B878A

square

#653B8A #8A3D3B #608A3B #3B878A

split-complementary

#653B8A #878A3B #3B8A3D

monochromatic

#261634 #46295F #653B8A #844FB4 #A279C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.25

#653B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#653B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653B8A

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653B8A	1.00	8.25	2.55	8.25
#FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F4D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4A5C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 59, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.130 306.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9373ac',
    500: '#653b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653b8a;
$custom-light: #9373ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.899,
    "s": 40.102,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44051,
    "c": 0.12984,
    "h": 306.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653B8A

secondary

#8EAF71

accent

#D05890

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF4

border

#CCC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653B8A

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

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