#B253AB#B253AB

#B253AB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.164 H 330.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253AB
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 171)
HSL	hsl(304, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(304, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.21, 50.47, -29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.21, 58.60, 329.45°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1428 -0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.164 330.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.8038, 18.5936, 40.5920)
Luminance	0.1859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253AB #53B25A

analogous

#8953B2 #B253AB #B2537B

triadic

#B253AB #ABB253 #53ABB2

tetradic

#B253AB #B28953 #53B25A #537BB2

square

#B253AB #B28953 #53B25A #537BB2

split-complementary

#B253AB #7BB253 #53B289

monochromatic

#602B5C #8A3E84 #B253AB #C57DC0 #D8A8D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#B253AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#B253AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253AB

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253AB	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E6FAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7CA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.164 330.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88c4',
    500: '#b253ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253ab;
$custom-light: #cb88c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.421,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59169,
    "c": 0.16438,
    "h": 330.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.18592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253AB

secondary

#9BC59F

accent

#CE625A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C12

muted

#827D81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253AB

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

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