#653ea9

Color #653ea9

A moderately saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Rebecca Purple #663399 · ΔE 5.83 Nearest Tailwind class purple-800 #6e11b0 · ΔE 7.4

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Conversions

HEX

#653ea9

RGB

rgb(101, 62, 169)

HSL

hsl(261.9, 46.3%, 45.3%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(261.9, 63.3%, 66.3%)

CMYK

cmyk(40.2%, 63.3%, 0%, 33.7%)

LAB

lab(36.13, 40.91, -51.58)

LCH

lch(36.13, 65.83, 308.42)

OKLCH

oklch(46.7%, 0.1639, 296.25)

HWB

hwb(261.9, 24.3%, 33.7%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#82a93e

Analogous

#3e4ca9

#653ea9

#9b3ea9

Triadic

#653ea9

#a9653e

#3ea965

Split-complementary

#653ea9

#a99b3e

#4ca93e

Tetradic

#653ea9

#a93e82

#82a93e

#3ea965

Square

#653ea9

#a93e4c

#82a93e

#3ea99b

Shades

Color #653ea9 mixed toward black.

#54348d

#432971

#331f54

#221538

#110a1c

Tints

Color #653ea9 mixed toward white.

#7c55c1

#9677cd

#b199da

#cbbbe6

#e5ddf3

Tones

Color #653ea9 mixed toward gray.

#6747a0

#6a5097

#6c598e

#6f6285

#716b7c

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

7.46:1

Aa Black text on this color

2.82:1

White text reads better on this background (7.46:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#575698 · ΔE 9.4

Deuteranopia

#595b93 · ΔE 11.4

Tritanopia

#638884 · ΔE 33.2

Achromatopsia

#555555 · ΔE 26.7

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #653ea9;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#653ea9]

Related colors

Medium Purple #9370db

Rebecca Purple #663399

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Slate Blue #483d8b

Medium Slate Blue #7b68ee

Frequently asked questions

#653ea9 (#653ea9) is rgb(101, 62, 169) in RGB.

No, #653ea9 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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