#B253EC#B253EC

#B253EC is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.227 H 310.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253EC
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 236)
HSL	hsl(277, 80%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.6%, 64.8%, 0%, 7.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.72, 63.23, -61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.72, 88.18, 315.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% 0.1455 -0.1736)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.227 310)
XYZ	xyz(36.5907, 21.7084, 81.6032)
Luminance	0.2171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253EC #8DEC53

analogous

#6553EC #B253EC #EC53D9

triadic

#B253EC #ECB253 #53ECB2

tetradic

#B253EC #EC6553 #8DEC53 #53D9EC

square

#B253EC #EC6553 #8DEC53 #53D9EC

split-complementary

#B253EC #D9EC53 #53EC65

monochromatic

#7514B1 #991CE6 #B253EC #CB8AF2 #E3C1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B253EC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B253EC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253EC

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253EC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253EC	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D82E9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253ec;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 236);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.227 310.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89f3',
    500: '#b253ec',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253ec;
$custom-light: #cd89f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253ec",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 236
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.255,
    "s": 80.105,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62856,
    "c": 0.2265,
    "h": 310
  },
  "luminance": 0.21708
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253EC

secondary

#C7E9B2

accent

#DC0959

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FAF0FD

border

#D3CBD5

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253EC

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

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