#B253CB#B253CB

#B253CB is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.194 H 318.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253CB
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 203)
HSL	hsl(288, 54%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(288, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.3%, 59.1%, 0%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, 56.44, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 72.71, 320.92°)
OKLab	oklab(60.85% 0.146 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(60.85% 0.194 318.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.2314, 19.9646, 58.6441)
Luminance	0.1996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253CB #6CCB53

analogous

#7653CB #B253CB #CB53A8

triadic

#B253CB #CBB253 #53CBB2

tetradic

#B253CB #CB7653 #6CCB53 #53A8CB

square

#B253CB #CB7653 #6CCB53 #53A8CB

split-complementary

#B253CB #A8CB53 #53CB76

monochromatic

#6B267E #9434AD #B253CB #C782D9 #DCB1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#B253CB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#B253CB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253CB

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253CB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253CB	1.00	4.21	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3675CF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A7FC8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26687

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253cb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 203);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.194 318.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88db',
    500: '#b253cb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253cb;
$custom-light: #cc88db;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253cb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 203
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.5,
    "s": 53.571,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6085,
    "c": 0.19404,
    "h": 318.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253CB

secondary

#AED6A4

accent

#DD4B69

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253CB

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

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