#B253DF#B253DF

#B253DF is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.214 H 313.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253DF
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 223)
HSL	hsl(281, 69%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(281, 63%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 62.8%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.93, 60.49, -55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.93, 82.04, 317.51°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% 0.1461 -0.1558)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.214 313.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.7703, 20.9802, 72.0157)
Luminance	0.2098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253DF #80DF53

analogous

#6C53DF #B253DF #DF53C6

triadic

#B253DF #DFB253 #53DFB2

tetradic

#B253DF #DF6C53 #80DF53 #53C6DF

square

#B253DF #DF6C53 #80DF53 #53C6DF

split-complementary

#B253DF #C6DF53 #53DF6C

monochromatic

#721D9B #9826CE #B253DF #C987E9 #E0BAF2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#B253DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.20

#B253DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253DF

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253DF	1.00	4.04	5.20	5.20
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1579E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B81DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.214 313.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89ea',
    500: '#b253df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253df;
$custom-light: #cd89ea;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.21361,
    "h": 313.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253DF

secondary

#BDE2AC

accent

#EB3C75

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253DF

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

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