#B253AA#B253AA

#B253AA is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.164 H 330.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253AA
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 170)
HSL	hsl(305, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(305, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 50.29, -29.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 58.19, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(59.12% 0.1426 -0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(59.12% 0.164 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7088, 18.5556, 40.0919)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253AA #53B25B

analogous

#8A53B2 #B253AA #B2537A

triadic

#B253AA #AAB253 #53AAB2

tetradic

#B253AA #B28A53 #53B25B #537AB2

square

#B253AA #B28A53 #53B25B #537AB2

split-complementary

#B253AA #7AB253 #53B28A

monochromatic

#602B5B #8A3E84 #B253AA #C57DBF #D8A8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#B253AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#B253AA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253AA

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253AA	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E6FAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7CA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.164 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88c3',
    500: '#b253aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253aa;
$custom-light: #cb88c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.053,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59121,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253AA

secondary

#9BC59F

accent

#CE645A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253AA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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