#65557B#65557B

#65557B is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.063 H 303.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#65557B
RGB	rgb(101, 85, 123)
HSL	hsl(265, 18%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(265, 31%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 30.9%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 14.82, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 24.14, 307.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.0345 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.063 303.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.1898, 10.6938, 20.1570)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#65557B #6B7B55

analogous

#55587B #65557B #78557B

triadic

#65557B #7B6555 #557B65

tetradic

#65557B #7B5558 #6B7B55 #557B78

square

#65557B #7B5558 #6B7B55 #557B78

split-complementary

#65557B #7B7855 #587B55

monochromatic

#2A2333 #473C57 #65557B #83719D #A395B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#65557B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#65557B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #65557B

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##65557B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##65557B	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5C7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505C7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#625B63

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #65557b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 85, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.063 303.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9185a1',
    500: '#65557b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #65557b;
$custom-light: #9185a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#65557b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 265.263,
    "s": 18.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48044,
    "c": 0.06273,
    "h": 303.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#65557B

secondary

#98A388

accent

#BB6D9A

background

#F8F8F9

surface

#F0EFF2

border

#CBCACC

text

#0D0B0F

muted

#7D7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #65557B

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

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