#B261BC#B261BC

#B261BC is a mid, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.157 H 323.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261BC
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 188)
HSL	hsl(293, 40%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 48%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.3%, 48.4%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, 46.57, -34.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 57.83, 323.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.97% 0.1257 -0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(61.97% 0.157 323.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.7110, 21.6466, 50.0751)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261BC #6BBC61

analogous

#8461BC #B261BC #BC6198

triadic

#B261BC #BCB261 #61BCB2

tetradic

#B261BC #BC8461 #6BBC61 #6198BC

square

#B261BC #BC8461 #6BBC61 #6198BC

split-complementary

#B261BC #98BC61 #61BC84

monochromatic

#6B3072 #93439D #B261BC #C78CCE #DCB7E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#B261BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#B261BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261BC

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261BC	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#557ABF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D84B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B56C86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.157 323.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91d0',
    500: '#b261bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261bc;
$custom-light: #cb91d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.407,
    "s": 40.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61968,
    "c": 0.15729,
    "h": 323.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261BC

secondary

#AECFAA

accent

#D05765

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F1F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261BC

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

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