Colour

#654C79

#654C79
Violet
Dark
Nearest: Dark slateblue

#654C79 is a violet with RGB values 101, 76, 121 and HSL 273°, 23%, 39%. It is a dark colour, so white text on it reaches 7.3:1 contrast (AAA for normal text). The nearest named colour is Dark slateblue.

Colour values

#654C79#654C79

HEX#654C79

RGBrgb(101, 76, 121)

RGB (0–1)0.3961, 0.298, 0.4745

RGB percentages39.6%, 29.8%, 47.5%

HSLhsl(273.3, 22.8%, 38.6%)

HSV / HSBhsv(273.3, 37.2%, 47.5%)

CMYK16.5%, 37.2%, 0%, 52.5%≈naive device-independent conversion; real print needs an ICC profile

24-bit integer6,638,713

CSS custom property--colour: #654C79;

Brightness & contrast

Relative luminance0.09316WCAG 2.x, 0 is black and 1 is white

Perceived brightness90.1 of 255ITU-R BT.601 weighting

Light or darkDark

Best text colour on this backgroundWhitecontrast 7.33:1

Contrast with white7.33:1WCAG normal text: AAA

Contrast with black2.86:1WCAG normal text: Fail

Greyscale equivalent#555555

Inverted#9AB386

Colour vision & accessibility

Normal vision Protanopia Deuteranopia Tritanopia

Protanopia#43557Bno red cones; affects about 1% of men; ΔE 16.1 from the original

Deuteranopia#495678no green cones; the most common form, about 1% of men; ΔE 15.8 from the original

Tritanopia#63525Dno blue cones; rare, and affects men and women equally; ΔE 20.9 from the original

Distinguishable without hueYesnever rely on hue alone to carry meaning

Contrast with white, large text7.33:1WCAG large text: AAA

Contrast with black, large text2.86:1WCAG large text: Fail

Named colours

Dark slateblue · ΔE 22.1 Slate grey · ΔE 29.6 Dim grey · ΔE 30.4 Steel blue · ΔE 30.7 Light slate grey · ΔE 31.3 Gray · ΔE 34

Nearest named CSS colourDark slateblue (#483D8B)ΔE 22.09, a distinctly different colour

Hue familyviolet

CSS keyword usableNo exact keyword

Colour harmonies

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

Complementary#60794C

Analogous#4E4C79, #794C77

Triadic#79654C, #4C7965

Split complementary#77794C, #4C794E

Tetradic#794E4C, #60794C, #4C7779

Tints, shades & saturation

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

Lighter +40%#CABCD5

Lighter +30%#B19DC1

Lighter +20%#987DAE

Lighter +10%#7F6098

Darker −10%#4B385A

Darker −20%#31253A

Darker −30%#17111B

Darker −40%#000000

More saturated +25%#683392

Less saturated −25%#626262

Channel breakdown

R101

G76

B121

Red101 (39.6%)

Green76 (29.8%)

Blue121 (47.5%)

Hue273.33°

Saturation (HSL)22.84%

Lightness38.63%

Dominant channelBlue

Hex per channelR 65 · G 4C · B 79

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