#C253CE#C253CE

#C253CE is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.205 H 323.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253CE
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 206)
HSL	hsl(294, 56%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(294, 60%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 59.7%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.15, 61.01, -43.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.15, 75.03, 324.39°)
OKLab	oklab(63.07% 0.1648 -0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(63.07% 0.205 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4809, 22.1141, 60.7274)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253CE #5FCE53

analogous

#8553CE #C253CE #CE539D

triadic

#C253CE #CEC253 #53CEC2

tetradic

#C253CE #CE8553 #5FCE53 #539DCE

square

#C253CE #CE8553 #5FCE53 #539DCE

split-complementary

#C253CE #9DCE53 #53CE85

monochromatic

#792582 #A533B1 #C253CE #D383DC #E4B2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#C253CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#C253CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253CE

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253CE	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D79D2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6686CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C56589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.205 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d78add',
    500: '#c253ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253ce;
$custom-light: #d78add;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.146,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63066,
    "c": 0.20456,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253CE

secondary

#AAD8A5

accent

#DF4957

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253CE

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

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