#B253CE#B253CE

#B253CE is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.197 H 317.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253CE
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 206)
HSL	hsl(286, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(286, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 59.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.96, 57.04, -47.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.96, 74.09, 320.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.02% 0.1461 -0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(61.02% 0.197 317.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.5924, 20.1090, 60.5452)
Luminance	0.2011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253CE #6FCE53

analogous

#7553CE #B253CE #CE53AD

triadic

#B253CE #CEB253 #53CEB2

tetradic

#B253CE #CE7553 #6FCE53 #53ADCE

square

#B253CE #CE7553 #6FCE53 #53ADCE

split-complementary

#B253CE #ADCE53 #53CE75

monochromatic

#6D2582 #9433B1 #B253CE #C783DC #DDB2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#B253CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.02

#B253CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253CE

5.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253CE	1.00	4.18	5.02	5.02
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3276D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#587FCB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B16789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.197 317.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc88dd',
    500: '#b253ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253ce;
$custom-light: #cc88dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.341,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61022,
    "c": 0.19695,
    "h": 317.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253CE

secondary

#B1D8A5

accent

#DF496B

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253CE

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

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