Recognised as Colour

#653FFF

#653FFF
Blue
Dark
Nearest: Blue violet

#653FFF is a blue with RGB values 101, 63, 255 and HSL 252°, 100%, 62%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 5.7:1 contrast (AA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Blue violet.

Colour values

#653FFF#653FFF

HEX#653FFF

RGBrgb(101, 63, 255)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.2471, 1

RGB percentages39.6%, 24.7%, 100%

HSLhsl(251.9, 100%, 62.4%)

HSV / HSBhsv(251.9, 75.3%, 100%)

CMYK60.4%, 75.3%, 0%, 0%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,635,519

CSS custom property--colour: #653FFF;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.13542WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness113.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 5.66:1

Contrast with white5.66:1WCAG normal text: AA

Contrast with black3.71:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#9AC000

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#006DFFno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 35.6 from the original

Deuteranopia#0060FCno green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 27.3 from the original

Tritanopia#00779Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 99.1 from the original

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

Contrast with white, large text5.66:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text3.71:1WCAG large text: AA

Named colours

Blue violet · ΔE 15.3 Medium blue · ΔE 19 Dark violet · ΔE 22.5 Blue · ΔE 26.5 Dark orchid · ΔE 28.9 Medium slateblue · ΔE 34.3

Nearest named CSS colourBlue violet (#8A2BE2)ΔE 15.3, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyblue

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#D9FF3F

Analogous#3F79FF, #C53FFF

Triadic#FF653F, #3FFF65

Split complementary#FFC53F, #79FF3F

Tetradic#FF3F79, #D9FF3F, #3FFFC5

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#FFFFFF

Lighter +30%#E0D8FF

Lighter +20%#B7A5FF

Lighter +10%#8E72FF

Darker −10%#3C0CFF

Darker −20%#2B00D8

Darker −30%#2100A5

Darker −40%#170072

More saturated +25%#653FFF

Less saturated −25%#7457E7

Channel breakdown

R101

G63

B255

Red101 (39.6%)

Green63 (24.7%)

Blue255 (100%)

Hue251.88°

Saturation (HSL)100%

Lightness62.35%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 3F · B FF

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