#655D8A#655D8A

#655D8A is a mid, moderate violet. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.071 H 291.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#655D8A
RGB	rgb(101, 93, 138)
HSL	hsl(251, 19%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(251, 33%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(26.8%, 32.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 13.69, -23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 27.46, 299.91°)
OKLab	oklab(50.43% 0.0264 -0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(50.43% 0.071 291.8)
XYZ	xyz(13.8675, 12.4302, 25.7085)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#655D8A #828A5D

analogous

#5D6B8A #655D8A #7C5D8A

triadic

#655D8A #8A655D #5D8A65

tetradic

#655D8A #8A5D6B #828A5D #5D8A7C

square

#655D8A #8A5D6B #828A5D #5D8A7C

split-complementary

#655D8A #8A7C5D #6B8A5D

monochromatic

#2F2C41 #4A4465 #655D8A #847DA7 #A7A1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#655D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#655D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #655D8A

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##655D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##655D8A	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51648C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526289

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#5D656D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #655d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(101, 93, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.071 291.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#928bac',
    500: '#655d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #655d8a;
$custom-light: #928bac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#655d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 101,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 250.667,
    "s": 19.481,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50435,
    "c": 0.07104,
    "h": 291.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#655D8A

secondary

#AAAE95

accent

#BC6CAE

background

#F9F8FA

surface

#F1F0F4

border

#CBCBCE

text

#0D0B10

muted

#7E7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #655D8A

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

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