#B253CD#B253CD

#B253CD is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.196 H 318.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253CD
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 205)
HSL	hsl(287, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(287, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 59.5%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.91, 56.84, -46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.91, 73.63, 320.53°)
OKLab	oklab(60.96% 0.1461 -0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(60.96% 0.196 318.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4713, 20.0606, 59.9074)
Luminance	0.2006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253CD #6ECD53

analogous

#7553CD #B253CD #CD53AB

triadic

#B253CD #CDB253 #53CDB2

tetradic

#B253CD #CD7553 #6ECD53 #53ABCD

square

#B253CD #CD7553 #6ECD53 #53ABCD

split-complementary

#B253CD #ABCD53 #53CD75

monochromatic

#6C2580 #9433B0 #B253CD #C782DB #DCB2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#B253CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#B253CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253CD

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253CD	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3476D1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#597FCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B26788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.196 318.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88dd',
    500: '#b253cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253cd;
$custom-light: #cc88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.721,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60964,
    "c": 0.19598,
    "h": 318.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253CD

secondary

#B0D7A5

accent

#DE4A6A

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253CD

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

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