#B253EF#B253EF

#B253EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.229 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B253EF
RGB	rgb(178, 83, 239)
HSL	hsl(277, 83%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(277, 65%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 65.3%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, 63.87, -62.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 89.61, 315.46°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% 0.1453 -0.1776)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.229 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.0303, 21.8842, 83.9179)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B253EF #90EF53

analogous

#6453EF #B253EF #EF53DE

triadic

#B253EF #EFB253 #53EFB2

tetradic

#B253EF #EF6453 #90EF53 #53DEEF

square

#B253EF #EF6453 #90EF53 #53DEEF

split-complementary

#B253EF #DEEF53 #53EF64

monochromatic

#7611B7 #991BEA #B253EF #CB8BF4 #E4C3F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#B253EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#B253EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B253EF

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B253EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B253EF	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#007DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3982EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A9739A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b253ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 83, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.229 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd89f5',
    500: '#b253ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b253ef;
$custom-light: #cd89f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b253ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.538,
    "s": 82.979,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63051,
    "c": 0.22948,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B253EF

secondary

#C9EBB3

accent

#DF065B

background

#FDF8FF

surface

#FAF0FE

border

#D3CBD6

text

#140C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B253EF

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

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