#C253E8#C253E8

#C253E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.228 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253E8
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 232)
HSL	hsl(285, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(285, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 64.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.57, 65.92, -56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.57, 86.59, 319.58°)
OKLab	oklab(64.55% 0.1652 -0.1575)
OKLCH	oklch(64.55% 0.228 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.9047, 23.4835, 78.7590)
Luminance	0.2348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253E8 #79E853

analogous

#7853E8 #C253E8 #E853C4

triadic

#C253E8 #E8C253 #53E8C2

tetradic

#C253E8 #E87853 #79E853 #53C4E8

square

#C253E8 #E87853 #79E853 #53C4E8

split-complementary

#C253E8 #C4E853 #53E878

monochromatic

#8417AA #AE1EE0 #C253E8 #D589EF #E8BFF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#C253E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#C253E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253E8

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253E8	1.00	3.69	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#167EEC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5488E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.228 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88af0',
    500: '#c253e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253e8;
$custom-light: #d88af0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.698,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64552,
    "c": 0.22823,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253E8

secondary

#BEE7B0

accent

#D90D41

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253E8

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

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