#B253E4#B253E4

#B253E4 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.219 H 311.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E4
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 73%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 63.6%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, 61.54, -57.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 84.40, 316.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% 0.1459 -0.1627)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.219 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4544, 21.2538, 75.6185)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E4 #85E453

analogous

#6953E4 #B253E4 #E453CE

triadic

#B253E4 #E4B253 #53E4B2

tetradic

#B253E4 #E46953 #85E453 #53CEE4

square

#B253E4 #E46953 #85E453 #53CEE4

split-complementary

#B253E4 #CEE453 #53E469

monochromatic

#741AA3 #9922D8 #B253E4 #CA88EC #E1BDF5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#B253E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#B253E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E4

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E4	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007AE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4681E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC6F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.219 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89ed',
    500: '#b253e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e4;
$custom-light: #cd89ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.31,
    "s": 72.864,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62346,
    "c": 0.21856,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E4

secondary

#C1E5AE

accent

#D51154

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E4

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

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