#653C8B#653C8B

#653C8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 44.3% C 0.129 H 305.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653C8B
RGB	rgb(101, 60, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 40%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(271, 57%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 56.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.70, 34.11, -37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.70, 50.56, 312.43°)
OKLab	oklab(44.28% 0.0756 -0.1051)
OKLCH	oklch(44.28% 0.129 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6419, 7.8626, 25.3254)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653C8B #628B3C

analogous

#3E3C8B #653C8B #8B3C8A

triadic

#653C8B #8B653C #3C8B65

tetradic

#653C8B #8B3E3C #628B3C #3C8A8B

square

#653C8B #8B3E3C #628B3C #3C8A8B

split-complementary

#653C8B #8A8B3C #3C8B3E

monochromatic

#271736 #462A60 #653C8B #8451B4 #A27BC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.16

#653C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#653C8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653C8B

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653C8B	1.00	8.16	2.57	8.16
#FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#204E8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#2E4F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4B5D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 60, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.3% 0.129 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9373ad',
    500: '#653c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653c8b;
$custom-light: #9373ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.139,
    "s": 39.698,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44278,
    "c": 0.12944,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.07862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653C8B

secondary

#90B073

accent

#D05892

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF4

border

#CCC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653C8B

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

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