#B261D9#B261D9

#B261D9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.230; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.187 H 313.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261D9
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 217)
HSL	hsl(281, 61%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(281, 55%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 55.3%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.10, 52.46, -48.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.10, 71.48, 317.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% 0.1288 -0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.187 313.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.1571, 23.0251, 68.2245)
Luminance	0.2302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261D9 #88D961

analogous

#7661D9 #B261D9 #D961C4

triadic

#B261D9 #D9B261 #61D9B2

tetradic

#B261D9 #D97661 #88D961 #61C4D9

square

#B261D9 #D97661 #88D961 #61C4D9

split-complementary

#B261D9 #C4D961 #61D976

monochromatic

#74259A #9931CC #B261D9 #CA92E5 #E2C4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.75

#B261D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.60

#B261D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261D9

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261D9	1.00	3.75	5.60	5.60
#FFFFFF	3.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#407FDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C86D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.187 313.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91e5',
    500: '#b261d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261d9;
$custom-light: #cc91e5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 280.5,
    "s": 61.224,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63507,
    "c": 0.18721,
    "h": 313.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261D9

secondary

#C3E1B5

accent

#C91D55

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261D9

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

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