#B261CD#B261CD

#B261CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.175 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261CD
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 205)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 52.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, 49.96, -42.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 65.74, 319.46°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% 0.1279 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.175 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(33.6526, 22.4233, 60.3012)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261CD #7CCD61

analogous

#7C61CD #B261CD #CD61B2

triadic

#B261CD #CDB261 #61CDB2

tetradic

#B261CD #CD7C61 #7CCD61 #61B2CD

square

#B261CD #CD7C61 #7CCD61 #61B2CD

split-complementary

#B261CD #B2CD61 #61CD7C

monochromatic

#712B88 #983AB7 #B261CD #C98FDC #DFBEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#B261CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#B261CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261CD

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261CD	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A7DD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6485CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1718E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.175 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91dd',
    500: '#b261cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261cd;
$custom-light: #cb91dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62845,
    "c": 0.17462,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261CD

secondary

#BADAB0

accent

#DB4C70

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261CD

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

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