#B261DF#B261DF

#B261DF is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.233; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.194 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261DF
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 223)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 57%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.2%, 56.5%, 0%, 12.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.42, 53.74, -51.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.42, 74.38, 316.26°)
OKLab	oklab(63.85% 0.1291 -0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(63.85% 0.194 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9517, 23.3429, 72.4095)
Luminance	0.2334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261DF #8EDF61

analogous

#7361DF #B261DF #DF61CD

triadic

#B261DF #DFB261 #61DFB2

tetradic

#B261DF #DF7361 #8EDF61 #61CDDF

square

#B261DF #DF7361 #8EDF61 #61CDDF

split-complementary

#B261DF #CDDF61 #61DF73

monochromatic

#7621A4 #992ED5 #B261DF #CB94E9 #E4C7F4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.70

#B261DF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.67

#B261DF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261DF

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261DF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261DF	1.00	3.70	5.67	5.67
#FFFFFF	3.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A81E3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5886DC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7797

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261df;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 223);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.194 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91e9',
    500: '#b261df',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261df;
$custom-light: #cc91e9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261df",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 223
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.571,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63851,
    "c": 0.19356,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261DF

secondary

#C7E5B7

accent

#CE1759

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261DF

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

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