#C253E9#C253E9

#C253E9 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.229 H 316.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C253E9
RGB	rgb(194, 83, 233)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(284, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.7%, 64.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.62, 66.11, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.62, 87.04, 319.43°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0.1652 -0.1589)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.229 316.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.0471, 23.5405, 79.5092)
Luminance	0.2354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C253E9 #7AE953

analogous

#7753E9 #C253E9 #E953C5

triadic

#C253E9 #E9C253 #53E9C2

tetradic

#C253E9 #E97753 #7AE953 #53C5E9

square

#C253E9 #E97753 #7AE953 #53C5E9

split-complementary

#C253E9 #C5E953 #53E977

monochromatic

#8516AC #AF1DE2 #C253E9 #D589F0 #E8C0F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#C253E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#C253E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C253E9

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C253E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C253E9	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#127FEE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5388E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C06F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c253e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 83, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.229 316.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d88af1',
    500: '#c253e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c253e9;
$custom-light: #d88af1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c253e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.4,
    "s": 77.32,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64612,
    "c": 0.22916,
    "h": 316.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C253E9

secondary

#BFE8B0

accent

#DA0C41

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBF0FD

border

#D4CBD5

text

#150C17

muted

#837D85

Preview Lab

Preview with #C253E9

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

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