#B253BC#B253BC

#B253BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.180 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253BC
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 188)
HSL	hsl(294, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 55.9%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.02, 53.55, -38.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.02, 65.91, 324.34°)
OKLab	oklab(60.03% 0.145 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(60.03% 0.18 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.5296, 19.2839, 49.6813)
Luminance	0.1928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253BC #5DBC53

analogous

#7D53BC #B253BC #BC5391

triadic

#B253BC #BCB253 #53BCB2

tetradic

#B253BC #BC7D53 #5DBC53 #5391BC

square

#B253BC #BC7D53 #5DBC53 #5391BC

split-complementary

#B253BC #91BC53 #53BC7D

monochromatic

#652A6B #8E3B97 #B253BC #C67FCD #D9ABDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B253BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.86

#B253BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253BC

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253BC	1.00	4.32	4.86	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4372BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627DB9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.180 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb88d0',
    500: '#b253bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253bc;
$custom-light: #cb88d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.286,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60028,
    "c": 0.17977,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253BC

secondary

#A3CC9F

accent

#D45460

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253BC

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

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