#B253D4#B253D4

#B253D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.203 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253D4
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 212)
HSL	hsl(284, 60%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(16%, 60.8%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.29, 58.24, -50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.29, 76.88, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.37% 0.1462 -0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(61.37% 0.203 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.3352, 20.4061, 64.4574)
Luminance	0.2041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253D4 #75D453

analogous

#7153D4 #B253D4 #D453B5

triadic

#B253D4 #D4B253 #53D4B2

tetradic

#B253D4 #D47153 #75D453 #53B5D4

square

#B253D4 #D47153 #75D453 #53B5D4

split-complementary

#B253D4 #B5D453 #53D471

monochromatic

#6F238A #962FBB #B253D4 #C884E0 #DEB5EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#B253D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#B253D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253D4

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253D4	1.00	4.13	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B77D8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5480D1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.203 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e2',
    500: '#b253d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253d4;
$custom-light: #cc89e2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.186,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61371,
    "c": 0.2028,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253D4

secondary

#B5DBA8

accent

#E3456E

background

#FCF8FD

surface

#F9F0FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140C15

muted

#827D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253D4

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

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