#653D8B#653D8B

#653D8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.128 H 305.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653D8B
RGB	rgb(101, 61, 139)
HSL	hsl(271, 39%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(271, 56%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 56.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.92, 33.53, -36.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.92, 49.90, 312.21°)
OKLab	oklab(44.44% 0.0742 -0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(44.44% 0.128 305.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.6948, 7.9683, 25.3430)
Luminance	0.0797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653D8B #638B3D

analogous

#3E3D8B #653D8B #8B3D8A

triadic

#653D8B #8B653D #3D8B65

tetradic

#653D8B #8B3E3D #638B3D #3D8A8B

square

#653D8B #8B3E3D #638B3D #3D8A8B

split-complementary

#653D8B #8A8B3D #3D8B3E

monochromatic

#271836 #462A60 #653D8B #8452B3 #A27DC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.10

#653D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.59

#653D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653D8B

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653D8B	1.00	8.10	2.59	8.10
#FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.59	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#224F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#305089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 61, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.128 305.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9374ad',
    500: '#653d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653d8b;
$custom-light: #9374ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.769,
    "s": 39,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44441,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 305.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653D8B

secondary

#91B074

accent

#CF5992

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF4

border

#CCC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653D8B

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

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