#B253BE#B253BE

#B253BE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 60.1% C 0.182 H 323.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253BE
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 190)
HSL	hsl(293, 45%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(293, 56%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.3%, 56.3%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.12, 53.93, -39.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.12, 66.80, 323.83°)
OKLab	oklab(60.13% 0.1451 -0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(60.13% 0.182 323)
XYZ	xyz(30.7467, 19.3707, 50.8246)
Luminance	0.1937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253BE #5FBE53

analogous

#7C53BE #B253BE #BE5394

triadic

#B253BE #BEB253 #53BEB2

tetradic

#B253BE #BE7C53 #5FBE53 #5394BE

square

#B253BE #BE7C53 #5FBE53 #5394BE

split-complementary

#B253BE #94BE53 #53BE7C

monochromatic

#66296D #8F3A9A #B253BE #C67FCF #DAACE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.31

#B253BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#B253BE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253BE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253BE	1.00	4.31	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.31	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)

#4173C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617EBB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56281

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.1% 0.182 323.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88d2',
    500: '#b253be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253be;
$custom-light: #cc88d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.271,
    "s": 45.148,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60134,
    "c": 0.18164,
    "h": 323
  },
  "luminance": 0.19369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253BE

secondary

#A5CD9F

accent

#D55362

background

#FCF8FC

surface

#F9F0F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#140C14

muted

#827D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253BE

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

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