#B253C5#B253C5

#B253C5 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.197; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.188 H 320.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253C5
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 197)
HSL	hsl(290, 50%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(290, 58%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(9.6%, 57.9%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.48, 55.27, -42.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.48, 69.96, 322.19°)
OKLab	oklab(60.51% 0.1457 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(60.51% 0.188 320.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5302, 19.6841, 54.9511)
Luminance	0.1968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253C5 #66C553

analogous

#7953C5 #B253C5 #C5539F

triadic

#B253C5 #C5B253 #53C5B2

tetradic

#B253C5 #C57953 #66C553 #539FC5

square

#B253C5 #C57953 #66C553 #539FC5

split-complementary

#B253C5 #9FC553 #53C579

monochromatic

#692876 #9237A4 #B253C5 #C681D4 #DBAFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.25

#B253C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.94

#B253C5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253C5

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253C5	1.00	4.25	4.94	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C74C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E7EC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36484

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.188 320.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88d7',
    500: '#b253c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253c5;
$custom-light: #cc88d7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290,
    "s": 49.565,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60514,
    "c": 0.18827,
    "h": 320.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253C5

secondary

#AAD2A2

accent

#D94F66

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C14

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253C5

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

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