#C253B4#C253B4

#C253B4 is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.182 H 332.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253B4
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 180)
HSL	hsl(308, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(308, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 7.2%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, 56.49, -30.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 64.28, 331.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% 0.1621 -0.0837)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.182 332.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.5796, 20.9535, 45.4470)
Luminance	0.2095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253B4 #53C261

analogous

#9953C2 #C253B4 #C2537D

triadic

#C253B4 #B4C253 #53B4C2

tetradic

#C253B4 #C29953 #53C261 #537DC2

square

#C253B4 #C29953 #53C261 #537DC2

split-complementary

#C253B4 #7DC253 #53C299

monochromatic

#722869 #9F3892 #C253B4 #D280C8 #E2ADDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#C253B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#C253B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253B4

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253B4	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5074B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7284B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA5B7C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.182 332.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d789ca',
    500: '#c253b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253b4;
$custom-light: #d789ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.568,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61746,
    "c": 0.18239,
    "h": 332.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253B4

secondary

#A1D0A7

accent

#D76251

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F8

border

#D4CBD1

text

#150C13

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253B4

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

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