#B253EB#B253EB

#B253EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.226 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253EB
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 235)
HSL	hsl(278, 79%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(278, 65%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 64.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 63.02, -61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 87.71, 315.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% 0.1456 -0.1722)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.226 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.4459, 21.6504, 80.8402)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253EB #8CEB53

analogous

#6653EB #B253EB #EB53D8

triadic

#B253EB #EBB253 #53EBB2

tetradic

#B253EB #EB6653 #8CEB53 #53D8EB

square

#B253EB #EB6653 #8CEB53 #53D8EB

split-complementary

#B253EB #D8EB53 #53EB66

monochromatic

#7514AF #991CE5 #B253EB #CB8AF1 #E3C1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B253EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B253EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253EB

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253EB	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3E82E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.226 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89f2',
    500: '#b253eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253eb;
$custom-light: #cd89f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.5,
    "s": 79.167,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62792,
    "c": 0.2255,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253EB

secondary

#C6E9B1

accent

#DB0A59

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253EB

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

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