#C253BD#C253BD

#C253BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.190 H 329.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253BD
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 189)
HSL	hsl(303, 48%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(303, 57%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.2%, 2.6%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.31, 58.00, -35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.31, 67.87, 328.72°)
OKLab	oklab(62.18% 0.1633 -0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(62.18% 0.19 329.3)
XYZ	xyz(34.5264, 21.3322, 50.4332)
Luminance	0.2133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253BD #53C258

analogous

#9053C2 #C253BD #C25386

triadic

#C253BD #BDC253 #53BDC2

tetradic

#C253BD #C29053 #53C258 #5386C2

square

#C253BD #C29053 #53C258 #5386C2

split-complementary

#C253BD #86C253 #53C290

monochromatic

#72286F #9F389B #C253BD #D280CE #E2ADE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#C253BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#C253BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253BD

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253BD	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A76C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85F80

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.190 329.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d789d1',
    500: '#c253bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253bd;
$custom-light: #d789d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.703,
    "s": 47.639,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62183,
    "c": 0.18981,
    "h": 329.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253BD

secondary

#A1D0A3

accent

#D75751

background

#FDF8FC

surface

#FBF0F9

border

#D4CBD2

text

#150C14

muted

#837D82

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253BD

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

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