#B253DB#B253DB

#B253DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.210 H 314.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253DB
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 219)
HSL	hsl(282, 65%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(282, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 62.1%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.69, 59.67, -53.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.69, 80.16, 318.11°)
OKLab	oklab(61.79% 0.1462 -0.1503)
OKLCH	oklch(61.79% 0.21 314.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.2374, 20.7670, 69.2090)
Luminance	0.2077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253DB #7CDB53

analogous

#6E53DB #B253DB #DB53C0

triadic

#B253DB #DBB253 #53DBB2

tetradic

#B253DB #DB6E53 #7CDB53 #53C0DB

square

#B253DB #DB6E53 #7CDB53 #53C0DB

split-complementary

#B253DB #C0DB53 #53DB6E

monochromatic

#711F95 #982AC7 #B253DB #C986E6 #DFB8F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#B253DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#B253DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253DB

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253DB	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F78DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E80D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.210 314.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e7',
    500: '#b253db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253db;
$custom-light: #cc89e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.912,
    "s": 65.385,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6179,
    "c": 0.20967,
    "h": 314.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253DB

secondary

#BADFAA

accent

#E83F72

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253DB

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

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