#B253D9#B253D9

#B253D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.208 H 314.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253D9
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 64%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(283, 62%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 61.8%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.58, 59.26, -52.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.58, 79.22, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(61.67% 0.1462 -0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(61.67% 0.208 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.9757, 20.6623, 67.8307)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253D9 #7AD953

analogous

#6F53D9 #B253D9 #D953BD

triadic

#B253D9 #D9B253 #53D9B2

tetradic

#B253D9 #D96F53 #7AD953 #53BDD9

square

#B253D9 #D96F53 #7AD953 #53BDD9

split-complementary

#B253D9 #BDD953 #53D96F

monochromatic

#702091 #972BC4 #B253D9 #C885E4 #DFB7EF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#B253D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#B253D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253D9

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253D9	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2378DD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5080D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF6B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.208 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e5',
    500: '#b253d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253d9;
$custom-light: #cc89e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.537,
    "s": 63.81,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61669,
    "c": 0.2077,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253D9

secondary

#B9DEAA

accent

#E74171

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253D9

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

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