#653B8E#653B8E

#653B8E is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.135 H 304.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653B8E
RGB	rgb(101, 59, 142)
HSL	hsl(270, 41%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(270, 58%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.9%, 58.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.66, 35.45, -39.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.66, 52.86, 312.12°)
OKLab	oklab(44.32% 0.0771 -0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(44.32% 0.135 304.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8122, 7.8477, 26.4784)
Luminance	0.0785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653B8E #648E3B

analogous

#3B3B8E #653B8E #8E3B8E

triadic

#653B8E #8E653B #3B8E65

tetradic

#653B8E #8E3B3B #648E3B #3B8E8E

square

#653B8E #8E3B3B #648E3B #3B8E8E

split-complementary

#653B8E #8E8E3B #3B8E3B

monochromatic

#271738 #462963 #653B8E #8450B6 #A27BC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#653B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#653B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653B8E

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653B8E	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A4E91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2B4F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5E4B5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 59, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.135 304.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9473af',
    500: '#653b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653b8e;
$custom-light: #9473af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.361,
    "s": 41.294,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44315,
    "c": 0.13481,
    "h": 304.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.07848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653B8E

secondary

#92B273

accent

#D15793

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF5

border

#CCC8CF

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653B8E

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

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