#B253C9#B253C9

#B253C9 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.192 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253C9
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 201)
HSL	hsl(288, 52%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 58.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, 56.05, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 71.79, 321.33°)
OKLab	oklab(60.74% 0.1459 -0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(60.74% 0.192 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.9946, 19.8699, 57.3970)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253C9 #6AC953

analogous

#7753C9 #B253C9 #C953A5

triadic

#B253C9 #C9B253 #53C9B2

tetradic

#B253C9 #C97753 #6AC953 #53A5C9

square

#B253C9 #C97753 #6AC953 #53A5C9

split-complementary

#B253C9 #A5C953 #53C977

monochromatic

#6B277B #9335AA #B253C9 #C782D8 #DCB0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#B253C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#B253C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253C9

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253C9	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3875CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B7FC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26686

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.192 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88da',
    500: '#b253c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253c9;
$custom-light: #cc88da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.305,
    "s": 52.212,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60737,
    "c": 0.19211,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253C9

secondary

#ADD4A3

accent

#DC4C68

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253C9

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

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