#B261CF#B261CF

#B261CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.225; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.177 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261CF
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 207)
HSL	hsl(284, 53%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 53%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14%, 53.1%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.58, 50.37, -43.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.58, 66.69, 319.05°)
OKLab	oklab(62.95% 0.1281 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(62.95% 0.177 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.8956, 22.5205, 61.5808)
Luminance	0.2252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261CF #7ECF61

analogous

#7B61CF #B261CF #CF61B5

triadic

#B261CF #CFB261 #61CFB2

tetradic

#B261CF #CF7B61 #7ECF61 #61B5CF

square

#B261CF #CF7B61 #7ECF61 #61B5CF

split-complementary

#B261CF #B5CF61 #61CF7B

monochromatic

#722A8B #9839BA #B261CF #C990DD #E0BFEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.82

#B261CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.50

#B261CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261CF

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261CF	1.00	3.82	5.50	5.50
#FFFFFF	3.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#497ED3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6385CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1728F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.177 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb91de',
    500: '#b261cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261cf;
$custom-light: #cb91de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.182,
    "s": 53.398,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62953,
    "c": 0.17671,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261CF

secondary

#BCDBB1

accent

#DD4B71

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F1FB

border

#D2CBD4

text

#140D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261CF

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

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