#B253DE#B253DE

#B253DE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.213 H 313.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253DE
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 222)
HSL	hsl(281, 68%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 62.6%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, 60.29, -54.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 81.57, 317.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1461 -0.1544)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.213 313.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.6359, 20.9264, 71.3077)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253DE #7FDE53

analogous

#6C53DE #B253DE #DE53C5

triadic

#B253DE #DEB253 #53DEB2

tetradic

#B253DE #DE6C53 #7FDE53 #53C5DE

square

#B253DE #DE6C53 #7FDE53 #53C5DE

split-complementary

#B253DE #C5DE53 #53DE6C

monochromatic

#721D99 #9827CD #B253DE #C986E8 #E0BAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#B253DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#B253DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253DE

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253DE	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1879E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C80DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE6D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.213 313.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89e9',
    500: '#b253de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253de;
$custom-light: #cd89e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.007,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61974,
    "c": 0.21263,
    "h": 313.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253DE

secondary

#BDE1AC

accent

#EB3D74

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253DE

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

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