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Recognised as Colour

#653FA4

  • #653FA4
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#653FA4 is a violet with RGB values 101, 63, 164 and HSL 263°, 44%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.5:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#653FA4#653FA4
HEX#653FA4
RGBrgb(101, 63, 164)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2471, 0.6431
RGB percentages39.6%, 24.7%, 64.3%
HSLhsl(262.6, 44.5%, 44.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(262.6, 61.6%, 64.3%)
CMYK38.4%, 61.6%, 0%, 35.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,635,428
CSS custom property--colour: #653FA4;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09002WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness91.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.5:1
Contrast with white7.5:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.8:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4E4E4E
Inverted#9AC05B

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0055A7no red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.7 from the original
Deuteranopia#1253A2no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.5 from the original
Tritanopia#56556Bno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 49.4 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.5:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.8:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.2Slate blue · ΔE 13.3Dark slateblue · ΔE 15.5Medium purple · ΔE 19.2Indigo · ΔE 20.6Midnight blue · ΔE 21.4
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.24, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#7EA43F
Analogous#3F4BA4, #983FA4
Triadic#A4653F, #3FA465
Split complementary#A4983F, #4BA43F
Tetradic#A43F4B, #7EA43F, #3FA498

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D3C6E9
Lighter +30%#B7A1DB
Lighter +20%#9B7CCD
Lighter +10%#7E57BF
Darker −10%#4E317F
Darker −20%#38235A
Darker −30%#211535
Darker −40%#0A0611
More saturated +25%#5E23C0
Less saturated −25%#6C5B88

Channel breakdown

R101
G63
B164
Red101 (39.6%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue164 (64.3%)
Hue262.57°
Saturation (HSL)44.49%
Lightness44.51%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 3F · B A4

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