#B253BD#B253BD

#B253BD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.181 H 323.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253BD
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 189)
HSL	hsl(294, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(294, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 56.1%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 53.74, -38.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 66.36, 324.09°)
OKLab	oklab(60.08% 0.1451 -0.1078)
OKLCH	oklch(60.08% 0.181 323.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6378, 19.3272, 50.2510)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253BD #5EBD53

analogous

#7D53BD #B253BD #BD5393

triadic

#B253BD #BDB253 #53BDB2

tetradic

#B253BD #BD7D53 #5EBD53 #5393BD

square

#B253BD #BD7D53 #5EBD53 #5393BD

split-complementary

#B253BD #93BD53 #53BD7D

monochromatic

#65296C #8F3A98 #B253BD #C67FCE #DAABDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#B253BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B253BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253BD

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253BD	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4272C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627EBA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56180

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.181 323.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88d1',
    500: '#b253bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253bd;
$custom-light: #cc88d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.774,
    "s": 44.538,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60081,
    "c": 0.1807,
    "h": 323.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253BD

secondary

#A4CD9F

accent

#D45461

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253BD

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

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