#C253C8#C253C8

#C253C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.199 H 325.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253C8
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 200)
HSL	hsl(297, 52%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(297, 59%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(3%, 58.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, 59.93, -40.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 72.46, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% 0.1644 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.199 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7659, 21.8281, 56.9617)
Luminance	0.2183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253C8 #59C853

analogous

#8753C8 #C253C8 #C85393

triadic

#C253C8 #C8C253 #53C8C2

tetradic

#C253C8 #C88753 #59C853 #5393C8

square

#C253C8 #C88753 #59C853 #5393C8

split-complementary

#C253C8 #93C853 #53C887

monochromatic

#75277A #A236A8 #C253C8 #D281D7 #E3B0E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#C253C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#C253C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253C8

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253C8	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4278CC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6986C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66386

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.199 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78ad9',
    500: '#c253c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253c8;
$custom-light: #d78ad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.923,
    "s": 51.542,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62746,
    "c": 0.19926,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21826
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253C8

secondary

#A6D4A3

accent

#DB4D54

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150C14

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253C8

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

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