#655B8A#655B8A

#655B8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.074 H 293.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655B8A
RGB	rgb(101, 91, 138)
HSL	hsl(253, 21%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(253, 34%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 34.1%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 14.93, -24.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 28.81, 301.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% 0.0294 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.074 293.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6943, 12.0837, 25.6507)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655B8A #808A5B

analogous

#5B698A #655B8A #7D5B8A

triadic

#655B8A #8A655B #5B8A65

tetradic

#655B8A #8A5B69 #808A5B #5B8A7D

square

#655B8A #8A5B69 #808A5B #5B8A7D

split-complementary

#655B8A #8A7D5B #698A5B

monochromatic

#2F2A40 #4A4365 #655B8A #847BA8 #A69FC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#655B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#655B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655B8A

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655B8A	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F628C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D636C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 91, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.074 293.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9289ac',
    500: '#655b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655b8a;
$custom-light: #9289ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 252.766,
    "s": 20.524,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50018,
    "c": 0.07443,
    "h": 293.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655B8A

secondary

#A8AE93

accent

#BD6BAC

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0B10

muted

#7E7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #655B8A

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

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