#B253D8#B253D8

#B253D8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.207 H 315.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253D8
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 63%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 61.6%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.52, 59.05, -52.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.52, 78.75, 318.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.61% 0.1462 -0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(61.61% 0.207 315)
XYZ	xyz(33.8460, 20.6105, 67.1478)
Luminance	0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253D8 #79D853

analogous

#6F53D8 #B253D8 #D853BB

triadic

#B253D8 #D8B253 #53D8B2

tetradic

#B253D8 #D86F53 #79D853 #53BBD8

square

#B253D8 #D86F53 #79D853 #53BBD8

split-complementary

#B253D8 #BBD853 #53D86F

monochromatic

#702190 #972CC2 #B253D8 #C885E3 #DFB7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#B253D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#B253D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253D8

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253D8	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2578DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5180D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.207 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e5',
    500: '#b253d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253d8;
$custom-light: #cc89e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.857,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61609,
    "c": 0.20672,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.20609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253D8

secondary

#B8DEA9

accent

#E64271

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253D8

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

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