#B253D7#B253D7

#B253D7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.206 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253D7
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 62%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(283, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.2%, 61.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, 58.85, -51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 78.28, 318.74°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% 0.1462 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.206 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.7172, 20.5589, 66.4690)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253D7 #78D753

analogous

#7053D7 #B253D7 #D753BA

triadic

#B253D7 #D7B253 #53D7B2

tetradic

#B253D7 #D77053 #78D753 #53BAD7

square

#B253D7 #D77053 #78D753 #53BAD7

split-complementary

#B253D7 #BAD753 #53D770

monochromatic

#70218E #972DC0 #B253D7 #C885E3 #DEB6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#B253D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#B253D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253D7

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253D7	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2678DB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.206 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e4',
    500: '#b253d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253d7;
$custom-light: #cc89e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.182,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61549,
    "c": 0.20574,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253D7

secondary

#B7DDA9

accent

#E54270

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253D7

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

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