#B253D6#B253D6

#B253D6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.205 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253D6
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 214)
HSL	hsl(284, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(284, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 61.2%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.41, 58.65, -51.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.41, 77.81, 318.91°)
OKLab	oklab(61.49% 0.1462 -0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(61.49% 0.205 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(33.5891, 20.5077, 65.7943)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253D6 #77D653

analogous

#7053D6 #B253D6 #D653B9

triadic

#B253D6 #D6B253 #53D6B2

tetradic

#B253D6 #D67053 #77D653 #53B9D6

square

#B253D6 #D67053 #77D653 #53B9D6

split-complementary

#B253D6 #B9D653 #53D670

monochromatic

#6F228D #972DBE #B253D6 #C884E2 #DEB6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#B253D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#B253D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253D6

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253D6	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2877DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5280D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B06A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.205 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e3',
    500: '#b253d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253d6;
$custom-light: #cc89e3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.511,
    "s": 61.502,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6149,
    "c": 0.20475,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253D6

secondary

#B7DCA8

accent

#E54370

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C15

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253D6

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

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