#B261C3#B261C3

#B261C3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.164 H 320.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261C3
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 195)
HSL	hsl(290, 45%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(290, 50%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.7%, 50.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.98, 47.94, -37.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.98, 61.05, 321.75°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% 0.1267 -0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.164 320.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.4839, 21.9558, 54.1460)
Luminance	0.2195 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261C3 #72C361

analogous

#8161C3 #B261C3 #C361A3

triadic

#B261C3 #C3B261 #61C3B2

tetradic

#B261C3 #C38161 #72C361 #61A3C3

square

#B261C3 #C38161 #72C361 #61A3C3

split-complementary

#B261C3 #A3C361 #61C381

monochromatic

#6E2F7B #9540A7 #B261C3 #C88DD4 #DDBAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.90

#B261C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#B261C3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261C3

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261C3	1.00	3.90	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517BC6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6984C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B36E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.164 320.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91d5',
    500: '#b261c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261c3;
$custom-light: #cb91d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.592,
    "s": 44.954,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6232,
    "c": 0.16433,
    "h": 320.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261C3

secondary

#B3D4AC

accent

#D5536A

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261C3

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

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