#B253E7#B253E7

#B253E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.222 H 311.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E7
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 231)
HSL	hsl(279, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 64.1%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.41, 62.17, -59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.41, 85.82, 316.42°)
OKLab	oklab(62.54% 0.1458 -0.1668)
OKLCH	oklch(62.54% 0.222 311.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8745, 21.4218, 77.8308)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E7 #88E753

analogous

#6853E7 #B253E7 #E753D2

triadic

#B253E7 #E7B253 #53E7B2

tetradic

#B253E7 #E76853 #88E753 #53D2E7

square

#B253E7 #E76853 #88E753 #53D2E7

split-complementary

#B253E7 #D2E753 #53E768

monochromatic

#7417A8 #991FDE #B253E7 #CA89EE #E2BEF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B253E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#B253E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E7

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E7	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4381E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.222 311.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89ef',
    500: '#b253e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e7;
$custom-light: #cd89ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.514,
    "s": 75.51,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62536,
    "c": 0.22154,
    "h": 311.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E7

secondary

#C3E6AF

accent

#D80E56

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E7

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

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