#B253E2#B253E2

#B253E2 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.217 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E2
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(280, 63%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 63.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, 61.12, -56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 83.45, 317.09°)
OKLab	oklab(62.22% 0.146 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(62.22% 0.217 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.1784, 21.1434, 74.1647)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E2 #83E253

analogous

#6A53E2 #B253E2 #E253CA

triadic

#B253E2 #E2B253 #53E2B2

tetradic

#B253E2 #E26A53 #83E253 #53CAE2

square

#B253E2 #E26A53 #83E253 #53CAE2

split-complementary

#B253E2 #CAE253 #53E26A

monochromatic

#731BA0 #9924D4 #B253E2 #C987EB #E1BCF4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#B253E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#B253E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E2

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E2	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0A7AE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4881DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD6F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.217 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89ec',
    500: '#b253e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e2;
$custom-light: #cd89ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.86,
    "s": 71.144,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62221,
    "c": 0.21658,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E2

secondary

#BFE4AD

accent

#D31253

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E2

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

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