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#653F4E

#653F4E is a dark, muted pink, close to the color Eggplant. In RGB it’s made of 39.6% red, 24.7% green, and 30.6% blue. Its hue is 336°, with 23% saturation and 32% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.

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WCAG contrast ratios for text. 4.5:1 is the minimum for body text, 3:1 for large text.

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This color as text on black

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About 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women see color differently. Here’s #653F4E as they’d see it.

Typical vision#653F4E
ProtanopiaNo red cones (about 1% of men)
DeuteranopiaNo green cones (the most common, about 1% of men)
TritanopiaNo blue cones (rare)
AchromatopsiaNo color vision (very rare)

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What color is #653F4E?

#653F4E is a dark, muted pink, close to the color Eggplant. In RGB it’s made of 39.6% red, 24.7% green, and 30.6% blue. Its hue is 336°, with 23% saturation and 32% lightness, so it reads as a warm color. White text sits best on top of it.

What is #653F4E in RGB?

#653F4E is rgb(101, 63, 78): 101 red, 63 green, and 78 blue on a 0–255 scale.

What is #653F4E in CMYK?

Roughly cmyk(0, 38, 23, 60). Print results depend on paper and press, so proof it before a big print run.

What Pantone is closest to #653F4E?

PANTONE 438 C is the closest match in our list. Screen colors and ink never match perfectly; check a physical Pantone guide.

What color goes with #653F4E?

Its complement #295243 gives the strongest contrast. For something calmer, try its analogous neighbors, or its own tints and shades above.

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