#B253C8#B253C8

#B253C8 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.191 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253C8
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 200)
HSL	hsl(289, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(289, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 58.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.64, 55.85, -44.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.64, 71.33, 321.54°)
OKLab	oklab(60.68% 0.1458 -0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(60.68% 0.191 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8774, 19.8230, 56.7795)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253C8 #69C853

analogous

#7753C8 #B253C8 #C853A3

triadic

#B253C8 #C8B253 #53C8B2

tetradic

#B253C8 #C87753 #69C853 #53A3C8

square

#B253C8 #C87753 #69C853 #53A3C8

split-complementary

#B253C8 #A3C853 #53C877

monochromatic

#6A277A #9336A8 #B253C8 #C781D7 #DCB0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#B253C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#B253C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253C8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253C8	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3975CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C7EC5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36586

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.191 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88d9',
    500: '#b253c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253c8;
$custom-light: #cc88d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.718,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60681,
    "c": 0.19115,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253C8

secondary

#ACD4A3

accent

#DB4D68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253C8

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

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