#B253DD#B253DD

#B253DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.212 H 313.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253DD
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 221)
HSL	hsl(281, 67%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 62%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 62.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, 60.08, -54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 81.10, 317.80°)
OKLab	oklab(61.91% 0.1462 -0.1531)
OKLCH	oklch(61.91% 0.212 313.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5023, 20.8730, 70.6040)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253DD #7EDD53

analogous

#6D53DD #B253DD #DD53C3

triadic

#B253DD #DDB253 #53DDB2

tetradic

#B253DD #DD6D53 #7EDD53 #53C3DD

square

#B253DD #DD6D53 #7EDD53 #53C3DD

split-complementary

#B253DD #C3DD53 #53DD6D

monochromatic

#721E98 #9828CB #B253DD #C986E7 #E0B9F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#B253DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#B253DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253DD

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253DD	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B79E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.212 313.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc89e8',
    500: '#b253dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253dd;
$custom-light: #cc89e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.304,
    "s": 66.99,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61912,
    "c": 0.21164,
    "h": 313.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253DD

secondary

#BCE1AB

accent

#EA3E73

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F9F0FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#827D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253DD

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

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