#B261CE#B261CE

#B261CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.176 H 316.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261CE
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 206)
HSL	hsl(285, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.6%, 52.9%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.52, 50.16, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.52, 66.22, 319.25°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% 0.128 -0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.176 316.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.7737, 22.4717, 60.9389)
Luminance	0.2247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261CE #7DCE61

analogous

#7C61CE #B261CE #CE61B4

triadic

#B261CE #CEB261 #61CEB2

tetradic

#B261CE #CE7C61 #7DCE61 #61B4CE

square

#B261CE #CE7C61 #7DCE61 #61B4CE

split-complementary

#B261CE #B4CE61 #61CE7C

monochromatic

#712B8A #9839B9 #B261CE #C990DC #E0BEEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B261CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.49

#B261CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261CE

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261CE	1.00	3.82	5.49	5.49
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497DD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1728E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.176 316.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91dd',
    500: '#b261ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261ce;
$custom-light: #cb91dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.587,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62899,
    "c": 0.17566,
    "h": 316.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261CE

secondary

#BBDBB0

accent

#DC4C71

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261CE

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

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