#653E8B#653E8B

#653E8B is a dark, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 44.6% C 0.126 H 305.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#653E8B
RGB	rgb(101, 62, 139)
HSL	hsl(270, 38%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(270, 55%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.3%, 55.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.14, 32.95, -36.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.14, 49.25, 311.99°)
OKLab	oklab(44.61% 0.0728 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(44.61% 0.126 305.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.7487, 8.0761, 25.3610)
Luminance	0.0808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#653E8B #648B3E

analogous

#3F3E8B #653E8B #8B3E8A

triadic

#653E8B #8B653E #3E8B65

tetradic

#653E8B #8B3F3E #648B3E #3E8A8B

square

#653E8B #8B3F3E #648B3E #3E8A8B

split-complementary

#653E8B #8A8B3E #3E8B3F

monochromatic

#271836 #462B61 #653E8B #8454B3 #A27EC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.03

#653E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#653E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #653E8B

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##653E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##653E8B	1.00	8.03	2.62	8.03
#FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#244F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#315089

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5F4C5E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #653e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 62, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.6% 0.126 305.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9375ad',
    500: '#653e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #653e8b;
$custom-light: #9375ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#653e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 270.39,
    "s": 38.308,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44606,
    "c": 0.12612,
    "h": 305.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#653E8B

secondary

#92B075

accent

#CE5A93

background

#F9F7FA

surface

#F2EDF4

border

#CCC8CE

text

#0D0810

muted

#7E7B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #653E8B

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

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