Colour

#653AA4

#653AA4
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Rebecca purple

#653AA4 is a violet with RGB values 101, 58, 164 and HSL 264°, 48%, 44%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.8:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

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HEX#653AA4

RGBrgb(101, 58, 164)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2275, 0.6431

RGB percentages39.6%, 22.7%, 64.3%

HSLhsl(264.3, 47.7%, 43.5%)

HSV / HSBhsv(264.3, 64.6%, 64.3%)

CMYK38.4%, 64.6%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,634,148

CSS custom property--colour: #653AA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08473WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness89.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.79:1

Contrast with white7.79:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.69:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B

Inverted#9AC55B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#0052A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original

Deuteranopia#0051A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original

Tritanopia#565269no blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 51.5 from the original

Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.79:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.69:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 4.1 Slate blue · ΔE 13.9 Indigo · ΔE 17.8 Dark slateblue · ΔE 18.3 Medium purple · ΔE 20.6 Midnight blue · ΔE 21.6

Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 4.08, a close match

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base +30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°

Complementary#79A43A

Analogous#3A44A4, #9A3AA4

Triadic#A4653A, #3AA465

Split complementary#A49A3A, #44A43A

Tetradic#A43A44, #79A43A, #3AA49A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base -10%-20%-30%-40%

Lighter +40%#D1C1E9

Lighter +30%#B59BDC

Lighter +20%#9A76CE

Lighter +10%#7E50C1

Darker −10%#4E2D7E

Darker −20%#371F59

Darker −30%#1F1233

Darker −40%#08050D

More saturated +25%#601EC0

Less saturated −25%#6A5688

Channel breakdown

R101

G58

B164

Red101 (39.6%)

Green58 (22.7%)

Blue164 (64.3%)

Hue264.34°

Saturation (HSL)47.75%

Lightness43.53%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 3A · B A4

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