#B253BB#B253BB

#B253BB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.192; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.179 H 324.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253BB
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 187)
HSL	hsl(295, 43%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(295, 56%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.8%, 55.6%, 0%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.97, 53.37, -37.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.97, 65.47, 324.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.98% 0.1449 -0.1049)
OKLCH	oklch(59.98% 0.179 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4222, 19.2409, 49.1155)
Luminance	0.1924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253BB #5CBB53

analogous

#7E53BB #B253BB #BB5390

triadic

#B253BB #BBB253 #53BBB2

tetradic

#B253BB #BB7E53 #5CBB53 #5390BB

square

#B253BB #BB7E53 #5CBB53 #5390BB

split-complementary

#B253BB #90BB53 #53BB7E

monochromatic

#642A6A #8E3B96 #B253BB #C67FCC #D9ABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.33

#B253BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.85

#B253BB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253BB

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253BB	1.00	4.33	4.85	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4472BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637DB8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5617F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.179 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88d0',
    500: '#b253bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253bb;
$custom-light: #cb88d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.808,
    "s": 43.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59975,
    "c": 0.17884,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253BB

secondary

#A2CB9E

accent

#D35560

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253BB

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

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