#B261BD#B261BD

#B261BD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.158 H 322.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261BD
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 189)
HSL	hsl(293, 41%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(293, 49%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 48.7%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.70, 46.76, -34.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.70, 58.29, 323.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.02% 0.1259 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(62.02% 0.158 322.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.8191, 21.6899, 50.6448)
Luminance	0.2169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261BD #6CBD61

analogous

#8461BD #B261BD #BD619A

triadic

#B261BD #BDB261 #61BDB2

tetradic

#B261BD #BD8461 #6CBD61 #619ABD

square

#B261BD #BD8461 #6CBD61 #619ABD

split-complementary

#B261BD #9ABD61 #61BD84

monochromatic

#6B3073 #94429F #B261BD #C78CCF #DCB7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#B261BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#B261BD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261BD

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261BD	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547AC0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C84BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B46D86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.158 322.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91d1',
    500: '#b261bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261bd;
$custom-light: #cb91d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 292.826,
    "s": 41.071,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62017,
    "c": 0.15828,
    "h": 322.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261BD

secondary

#AED0AA

accent

#D15765

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F1F9

border

#D2CBD2

text

#130D14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261BD

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

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