#B253E8#B253E8

#B253E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.223 H 310.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E8
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 232)
HSL	hsl(278, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 64.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.47, 62.38, -59.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.47, 86.29, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.6% 0.1457 -0.1682)
OKLCH	oklch(62.6% 0.223 310.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.0161, 21.4785, 78.5768)
Luminance	0.2148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E8 #89E853

analogous

#6853E8 #B253E8 #E853D4

triadic

#B253E8 #E8B253 #53E8B2

tetradic

#B253E8 #E86853 #89E853 #53D4E8

square

#B253E8 #E86853 #89E853 #53D4E8

split-complementary

#B253E8 #D4E853 #53E868

monochromatic

#7517AA #9A1EE0 #B253E8 #CA89EF #E2BFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#B253E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#B253E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E8	1.00	3.97	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007BED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4281E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.223 310.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89f0',
    500: '#b253e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e8;
$custom-light: #cd89f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.255,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62599,
    "c": 0.22253,
    "h": 310.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E8

secondary

#C4E7B0

accent

#D90D57

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E8

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

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