#B253AE#B253AE

#B253AE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.167 H 329.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253AE
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 174)
HSL	hsl(303, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(303, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 51.00, -31.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 59.85, 328.43°)
OKLab	oklab(59.32% 0.1432 -0.0859)
OKLCH	oklch(59.32% 0.167 329)
XYZ	xyz(29.0930, 18.7093, 42.1151)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253AE #53B257

analogous

#8653B2 #B253AE #B2537E

triadic

#B253AE #AEB253 #53AEB2

tetradic

#B253AE #B28653 #53B257 #537EB2

square

#B253AE #B28653 #53B257 #537EB2

split-complementary

#B253AE #7EB253 #53B286

monochromatic

#602B5E #8A3E87 #B253AE #C57DC2 #D8A8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#B253AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#B253AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253AE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253AE	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C70B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B85C79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.167 329.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88c6',
    500: '#b253ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253ae;
$custom-light: #cb88c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.526,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59315,
    "c": 0.16701,
    "h": 329
  },
  "luminance": 0.18707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253AE

secondary

#9BC59D

accent

#CE5F5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253AE

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

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