#B261C8#B261C8

#B261C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.169 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261C8
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(287, 52%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 51.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.22, 48.94, -40.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.22, 63.38, 320.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.58% 0.1274 -0.1118)
OKLCH	oklch(62.58% 0.169 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(33.0587, 22.1857, 57.1733)
Luminance	0.2218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261C8 #77C861

analogous

#7E61C8 #B261C8 #C861AB

triadic

#B261C8 #C8B261 #61C8B2

tetradic

#B261C8 #C87E61 #77C861 #61ABC8

square

#B261C8 #C87E61 #77C861 #61ABC8

split-complementary

#B261C8 #ABC861 #61C87E

monochromatic

#6F2D82 #973DAF #B261C8 #C88ED8 #DEBCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#B261C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#B261C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261C8

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261C8	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E7CCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6784C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2708C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.169 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91d9',
    500: '#b261c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261c8;
$custom-light: #cb91d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 287.184,
    "s": 48.357,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62579,
    "c": 0.16946,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.22184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261C8

secondary

#B7D7AE

accent

#D8506D

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FA

border

#D2CBD3

text

#140D14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261C8

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

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