#B253C4#B253C4

#B253C4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.196; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.187 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253C4
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 196)
HSL	hsl(290, 49%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.2%, 57.7%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.43, 55.08, -42.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.43, 69.51, 322.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.46% 0.1456 -0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(60.46% 0.187 321)
XYZ	xyz(31.4160, 19.6385, 54.3496)
Luminance	0.1964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253C4 #65C453

analogous

#7953C4 #B253C4 #C4539E

triadic

#B253C4 #C4B253 #53C4B2

tetradic

#B253C4 #C47953 #65C453 #539EC4

square

#B253C4 #C47953 #65C453 #539EC4

split-complementary

#B253C4 #9EC453 #53C479

monochromatic

#682875 #9138A2 #B253C4 #C681D4 #DBAEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.26

#B253C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.93

#B253C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253C4

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253C4	1.00	4.26	4.93	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C74C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.187 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88d6',
    500: '#b253c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253c4;
$custom-light: #cc88d6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.442,
    "s": 48.918,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60459,
    "c": 0.18732,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.19637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253C4

secondary

#A9D1A2

accent

#D84F65

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253C4

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

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