#B253AF#B253AF

#B253AF is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.168 H 328.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253AF
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 175)
HSL	hsl(302, 38%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(302, 53%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 53.4%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 51.17, -31.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 60.27, 328.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.36% 0.1434 -0.0874)
OKLCH	oklch(59.36% 0.168 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.1908, 18.7484, 42.6304)
Luminance	0.1875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253AF #53B256

analogous

#8553B2 #B253AF #B2537F

triadic

#B253AF #AFB253 #53AFB2

tetradic

#B253AF #B28553 #53B256 #537FB2

square

#B253AF #B28553 #53B256 #537FB2

split-complementary

#B253AF #7FB253 #53B285

monochromatic

#602B5E #8A3E88 #B253AF #C57DC3 #D8A8D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#B253AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#B253AF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253AF

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253AF	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B70B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697CAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B75D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.168 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88c7',
    500: '#b253af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253af;
$custom-light: #cb88c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.895,
    "s": 38.153,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59364,
    "c": 0.1679,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253AF

secondary

#9BC59D

accent

#CE5D5A

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F8

border

#D2CBD1

text

#140C13

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253AF

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

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