#B253ED#B253ED

#B253ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.227 H 309.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253ED
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 237)
HSL	hsl(277, 81%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 65%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.78, 63.44, -61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.78, 88.66, 315.69°)
OKLab	oklab(62.92% 0.1454 -0.1749)
OKLCH	oklch(62.92% 0.227 309.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.7364, 21.7666, 82.3705)
Luminance	0.2177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253ED #8EED53

analogous

#6553ED #B253ED #ED53DB

triadic

#B253ED #EDB253 #53EDB2

tetradic

#B253ED #ED6553 #8EED53 #53DBED

square

#B253ED #ED6553 #8EED53 #53DBED

split-complementary

#B253ED #DBED53 #53ED65

monochromatic

#7613B3 #991CE7 #B253ED #CB8AF3 #E4C2F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#B253ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#B253ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253ED

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253ED	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007CF2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C82EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.227 309.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89f4',
    500: '#b253ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253ed;
$custom-light: #cd89f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.013,
    "s": 81.053,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62921,
    "c": 0.22749,
    "h": 309.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253ED

secondary

#C7EAB2

accent

#DD085A

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253ED

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

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