#B253E6#B253E6

#B253E6 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.221 H 311.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E6
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 63.9%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.35, 61.96, -58.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.35, 85.34, 316.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.47% 0.1459 -0.1654)
OKLCH	oklch(62.47% 0.221 311.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.7336, 21.3655, 77.0891)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E6 #87E653

analogous

#6953E6 #B253E6 #E653D0

triadic

#B253E6 #E6B253 #53E6B2

tetradic

#B253E6 #E66953 #87E653 #53D0E6

square

#B253E6 #E66953 #87E653 #53D0E6

split-complementary

#B253E6 #D0E653 #53E669

monochromatic

#7418A6 #9920DC #B253E6 #CA88EE #E2BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#B253E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#B253E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E6

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E6	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4481E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.221 311.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89ef',
    500: '#b253e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e6;
$custom-light: #cd89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.776,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62472,
    "c": 0.22054,
    "h": 311.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E6

secondary

#C2E6AF

accent

#D70F55

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C16

muted

#837D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E6

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

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