#B261DE#B261DE

#B261DE is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.193 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261DE
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 222)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 56%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.8%, 56.3%, 0%, 12.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.37, 53.53, -50.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.37, 73.90, 316.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.79% 0.129 -0.1428)
OKLCH	oklch(63.79% 0.193 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.8173, 23.2891, 71.7015)
Luminance	0.2329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261DE #8DDE61

analogous

#7361DE #B261DE #DE61CB

triadic

#B261DE #DEB261 #61DEB2

tetradic

#B261DE #DE7361 #8DDE61 #61CBDE

square

#B261DE #DE7361 #8DDE61 #61CBDE

split-complementary

#B261DE #CBDE61 #61DE73

monochromatic

#7522A3 #992ED3 #B261DE #CB94E9 #E3C6F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.71

#B261DE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.66

#B261DE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261DE

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261DE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261DE	1.00	3.71	5.66	5.66
#FFFFFF	3.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B80E2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5986DB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261de;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 222);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.193 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91e9',
    500: '#b261de',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261de;
$custom-light: #cc91e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261de",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 222
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63793,
    "c": 0.1925,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261DE

secondary

#C7E4B7

accent

#CD1858

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261DE

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

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