#655C8A#655C8A

#655C8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.073 H 292.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655C8A
RGB	rgb(101, 92, 138)
HSL	hsl(252, 20%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(252, 33%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 33.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, 14.31, -24.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 28.13, 300.57°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.0279 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.073 292.6)
XYZ	xyz(13.7803, 12.2558, 25.6794)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655C8A #818A5C

analogous

#5C6A8A #655C8A #7C5C8A

triadic

#655C8A #8A655C #5C8A65

tetradic

#655C8A #8A5C6A #818A5C #5C8A7C

square

#655C8A #8A5C6A #818A5C #5C8A7C

split-complementary

#655C8A #8A7C5C #6A8A5C

monochromatic

#2F2B41 #4A4465 #655C8A #847CA7 #A7A0C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#655C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#655C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655C8A

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655C8A	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50638C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516189

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D646D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 92, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.073 292.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#928aac',
    500: '#655c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655c8a;
$custom-light: #928aac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 251.739,
    "s": 20,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50226,
    "c": 0.07273,
    "h": 292.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655C8A

secondary

#A9AE94

accent

#BD6BAD

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0B10

muted

#7E7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #655C8A

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

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