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Recognised as Colour

#653FA9

  • #653FA9
  • Violet
  • Dark
  • Nearest: Rebecca purple

#653FA9 is a violet with RGB values 101, 63, 169 and HSL 262°, 46%, 45%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.4:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Rebecca purple.

Colour values

#653FA9#653FA9
HEX#653FA9
RGBrgb(101, 63, 169)
RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2471, 0.6627
RGB percentages39.6%, 24.7%, 66.3%
HSLhsl(261.5, 45.7%, 45.5%)
HSV / HSBhsv(261.5, 62.7%, 66.3%)
CMYK40.2%, 62.7%, 0%, 33.7%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile
24-bit integer6,635,433
CSS custom property--colour: #653FA9;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09186WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white
Perceived brightness92.9 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting
Light or darkDark
Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.4:1
Contrast with white7.4:1WCAG normal text: AAA
Contrast with black2.84:1WCAG normal text: Fail
Greyscale equivalent#4F4F4F
Inverted#9AC056

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal visionProtanopiaDeuteranopiaTritanopia
Protanopia#0056ACno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 27.6 from the original
Deuteranopia#0054A7no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 28.3 from the original
Tritanopia#54576Eno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 52.2 from the original
Distinguishable without hueShifts in lightness toonever rely on hue alone to carry meaning
Contrast with white, large text7.4:1WCAG large text: AAA
Contrast with black, large text2.84:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Rebecca purple · ΔE 5.9Slate blue · ΔE 11.9Dark slateblue · ΔE 17.9Medium purple · ΔE 19Indigo · ΔE 19.6Medium slateblue · ΔE 21.2
Nearest named CSS colourRebecca purple (#663399)ΔE 5.92, clearly different but related
Hue familyviolet
CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

base+30°+90°+120°+180°+210°+240°+270°+330°
Complementary#83A93F
Analogous#3F4EA9, #9A3FA9
Triadic#A9653F, #3FA965
Split complementary#A99A3F, #4EA93F
Tetradic#A93F4E, #83A93F, #3FA99A

Tints, shades & saturation

+40%+30%+20%+10%base-10%-20%-30%-40%
Lighter +40%#D5C9EB
Lighter +30%#B8A4DD
Lighter +20%#9C7FCF
Lighter +10%#7F5AC1
Darker −10%#4F3184
Darker −20%#39235F
Darker −30%#22153A
Darker −40%#0C0814
More saturated +25%#5D22C6
Less saturated −25%#6D5C8C

Channel breakdown

R101
G63
B169
Red101 (39.6%)
Green63 (24.7%)
Blue169 (66.3%)
Hue261.51°
Saturation (HSL)45.69%
Lightness45.49%
Dominant channelBlue
Hex per channelR 65 · G 3F · B A9

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