#653B8B#653B8B

#653B8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.131 H 306.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653B8B
RGB	rgb(101, 59, 139)
HSL	hsl(272, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(272, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 57.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.48, 34.69, -37.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.48, 51.21, 312.64°)
OKLab	oklab(44.12% 0.077 -0.1061)
OKLCH	oklch(44.12% 0.131 306)
XYZ	xyz(11.5900, 7.7588, 25.3081)
Luminance	0.0776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653B8B #618B3B

analogous

#3D3B8B #653B8B #8B3B89

triadic

#653B8B #8B653B #3B8B65

tetradic

#653B8B #8B3D3B #618B3B #3B898B

square

#653B8B #8B3D3B #618B3B #3B898B

split-complementary

#653B8B #898B3B #3B8B3D

monochromatic

#271735 #462960 #653B8B #844FB4 #A27AC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.23

#653B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.55

#653B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653B8B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653B8B	1.00	8.23	2.55	8.23
#FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E4D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2D4F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4A5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 59, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.131 306.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9373ad',
    500: '#653b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653b8b;
$custom-light: #9373ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.5,
    "s": 40.404,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44116,
    "c": 0.13108,
    "h": 306
  },
  "luminance": 0.07759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653B8B

secondary

#8FB072

accent

#D05891

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF4

border

#CCC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653B8B

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

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