#C253D5#C253D5

#C253D5 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.211 H 321.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253D5
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 213)
HSL	hsl(291, 61%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(291, 61%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.9%, 61%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.51, 62.29, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.51, 78.09, 322.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% 0.1651 -0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.211 321.6)
XYZ	xyz(37.3503, 22.4618, 65.3061)
Luminance	0.2246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253D5 #66D553

analogous

#8153D5 #C253D5 #D553A7

triadic

#C253D5 #D5C253 #53D5C2

tetradic

#C253D5 #D58153 #66D553 #53A7D5

square

#C253D5 #D58153 #66D553 #53A7D5

split-complementary

#C253D5 #A7D553 #53D581

monochromatic

#7C228C #A82EBD #C253D5 #D384E1 #E5B5ED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#C253D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#C253D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253D5

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253D5	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#367AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6287D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4678D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.211 321.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88ae2',
    500: '#c253d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253d5;
$custom-light: #d88ae2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.231,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.21083,
    "h": 321.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253D5

secondary

#B0DCA8

accent

#E4445B

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBF0FB

border

#D4CBD4

text

#150C15

muted

#837D83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253D5

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

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