#B261DB#B261DB

#B261DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.189 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261DB
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 219)
HSL	hsl(280, 63%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 55.7%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.21, 52.88, -49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.21, 72.45, 316.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% 0.1289 -0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.189 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.4188, 23.1297, 69.6028)
Luminance	0.2313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261DB #8ADB61

analogous

#7561DB #B261DB #DB61C7

triadic

#B261DB #DBB261 #61DBB2

tetradic

#B261DB #DB7561 #8ADB61 #61C7DB

square

#B261DB #DB7561 #8ADB61 #61C7DB

split-complementary

#B261DB #C7DB61 #61DB75

monochromatic

#75249E #9A2FD0 #B261DB #CA93E6 #E3C5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B261DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B261DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261DB

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261DB	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E80DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B86D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.189 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91e7',
    500: '#b261db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261db;
$custom-light: #cc91e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.836,
    "s": 62.887,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63621,
    "c": 0.18932,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261DB

secondary

#C5E2B5

accent

#CB1B56

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261DB

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

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