#B261DC#B261DC

#B261DC is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.190 H 312.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261DC
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 220)
HSL	hsl(280, 64%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 56%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.1%, 55.9%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.26, 53.10, -50.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.26, 72.93, 316.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% 0.129 -0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.19 312.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5508, 23.1826, 70.2982)
Luminance	0.2318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261DC #8BDC61

analogous

#7461DC #B261DC #DC61C9

triadic

#B261DC #DCB261 #61DCB2

tetradic

#B261DC #DC7461 #8BDC61 #61C9DC

square

#B261DC #DC7461 #8BDC61 #61C9DC

split-complementary

#B261DC #C9DC61 #61DC74

monochromatic

#75239F #9A2FD1 #B261DC #CA93E7 #E3C5F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B261DC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.64

#B261DC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261DC

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261DC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261DC	1.00	3.73	5.64	5.64
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D80E0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86D9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE7695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261dc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.190 312.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91e7',
    500: '#b261dc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261dc;
$custom-light: #cc91e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261dc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.512,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63678,
    "c": 0.19038,
    "h": 312.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261DC

secondary

#C5E3B6

accent

#CC1A57

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FC

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261DC

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

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