#653B8D#653B8D

#653B8D is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.2% C 0.134 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653B8D
RGB	rgb(101, 59, 141)
HSL	hsl(271, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(271, 58%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.4%, 58.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.60, 35.20, -38.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.60, 52.31, 312.29°)
OKLab	oklab(44.25% 0.077 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(44.25% 0.134 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7375, 7.8178, 26.0848)
Luminance	0.0782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653B8D #638D3B

analogous

#3C3B8D #653B8D #8D3B8C

triadic

#653B8D #8D653B #3B8D65

tetradic

#653B8D #8D3C3B #638D3B #3B8C8D

square

#653B8D #8D3C3B #638D3B #3B8C8D

split-complementary

#653B8D #8C8D3B #3B8D3C

monochromatic

#271737 #462962 #653B8D #8450B6 #A27BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.19

#653B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.56

#653B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653B8D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653B8D	1.00	8.19	2.56	8.19
#FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C4E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2C4F8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 59, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.2% 0.134 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9473af',
    500: '#653b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653b8d;
$custom-light: #9473af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.732,
    "s": 41,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44248,
    "c": 0.13357,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.07818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653B8D

secondary

#91B173

accent

#D15792

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF4

border

#CCC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653B8D

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

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