#B253E1#B253E1

#B253E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.216 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E1
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 225)
HSL	hsl(280, 70%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 63.1%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, 60.91, -56.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 82.98, 317.23°)
OKLab	oklab(62.16% 0.1461 -0.1586)
OKLCH	oklch(62.16% 0.216 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.0416, 21.0887, 73.4442)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E1 #82E153

analogous

#6B53E1 #B253E1 #E153C9

triadic

#B253E1 #E1B253 #53E1B2

tetradic

#B253E1 #E16B53 #82E153 #53C9E1

square

#B253E1 #E16B53 #82E153 #53C9E1

split-complementary

#B253E1 #C9E153 #53E16B

monochromatic

#731C9E #9925D2 #B253E1 #C987EA #E1BBF3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B253E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#B253E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E1

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E1	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0F7AE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4981DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.216 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89eb',
    500: '#b253e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e1;
$custom-light: #cd89eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.141,
    "s": 70.297,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62159,
    "c": 0.21559,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E1

secondary

#BFE3AD

accent

#D21352

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E1

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

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