#B253E9#B253E9

#B253E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.224 H 310.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253E9
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 233)
HSL	hsl(278, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 64.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, 62.59, -60.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 86.76, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.66% 0.1457 -0.1695)
OKLCH	oklch(62.66% 0.224 310.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.1585, 21.5355, 79.3270)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253E9 #8AE953

analogous

#6753E9 #B253E9 #E953D5

triadic

#B253E9 #E9B253 #53E9B2

tetradic

#B253E9 #E96753 #8AE953 #53D5E9

square

#B253E9 #E96753 #8AE953 #53D5E9

split-complementary

#B253E9 #D5E953 #53E967

monochromatic

#7516AC #9A1DE2 #B253E9 #CA89F0 #E3C0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#B253E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#B253E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253E9

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253E9	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4182E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.224 310.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89f1',
    500: '#b253e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253e9;
$custom-light: #cd89f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62663,
    "c": 0.22352,
    "h": 310.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253E9

secondary

#C5E8B0

accent

#DA0C57

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253E9

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

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