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Recognised as Colour

#653AA9

  • #653AA9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#653AA9 is a violet with RGB values 101, 58, 169 and HSL 263°, 49%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.7:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#653AA9#653AA9
HEX#653AA9
RGBrgb(101, 58, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2275, 0.6627
RGB percentages39.6%, 22.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(263.2, 48.9%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(263.2, 65.7%, 66.3%)
CMYK40.2%, 65.7%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,634,153
CSS custom property--colour: #653AA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.08657WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.69:1
Contrast with white7.69:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.73:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4B4B4B
Inverted#9AC556

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0053ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 28.4 from the original
Deuteranopia#0052A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 29.8 from the original
Tritanopia#54546Cno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 54.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.69:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.73:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 6.2Slate blue · ΔE 13.2Indigo · ΔE 17.1Dark slateblue · ΔE 20.7Medium purple · ΔE 20.8Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.1
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 6.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EA93A
Analogous#3A47A9, #9D3AA9
Triadic#A9653A, #3AA965
Split complementary#A99C3A, #47A93A
Tetradic#A93A46, #7EA93A, #3AA99C

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3C4EB
Lighter +30%#B79EDE
Lighter +20%#9B78D1
Lighter +10%#7E52C4
Darker −10%#4E2D83
Darker −20%#38205D
Darker −30%#211337
Darker −40%#0A0611
More saturated +25%#5F1EC5
Less saturated −25%#6B568D

Channel breakdown

R101
G58
B169
Red101 (39.6%)
Green58 (22.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue263.24°
Saturation (HSL)48.9%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 3A · B A9

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