#B261DD#B261DD

#B261DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.191 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261DD
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 221)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 56.1%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.31, 53.31, -50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.31, 73.42, 316.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.74% 0.129 -0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(63.74% 0.191 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.6836, 23.2357, 70.9978)
Luminance	0.2324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261DD #8CDD61

analogous

#7461DD #B261DD #DD61CA

triadic

#B261DD #DDB261 #61DDB2

tetradic

#B261DD #DD7461 #8CDD61 #61CADD

square

#B261DD #DD7461 #8CDD61 #61CADD

split-complementary

#B261DD #CADD61 #61DD74

monochromatic

#7523A1 #992FD2 #B261DD #CB93E8 #E3C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.72

#B261DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.65

#B261DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261DD

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261DD	1.00	3.72	5.65	5.65
#FFFFFF	3.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C80E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A86DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.191 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91e8',
    500: '#b261dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261dd;
$custom-light: #cc91e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.194,
    "s": 64.583,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63736,
    "c": 0.19144,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261DD

secondary

#C6E4B6

accent

#CC1957

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261DD

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

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