#B261E1#B261E1

#B261E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.196 H 311.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261E1
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 225)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(20.9%, 56.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.53, 54.17, -52.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.53, 75.35, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% 0.1291 -0.147)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.196 311.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.2229, 23.4514, 73.8380)
Luminance	0.2345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261E1 #90E161

analogous

#7261E1 #B261E1 #E161D0

triadic

#B261E1 #E1B261 #61E1B2

tetradic

#B261E1 #E17261 #90E161 #61D0E1

square

#B261E1 #E17261 #90E161 #61D0E1

split-complementary

#B261E1 #D0E161 #61E172

monochromatic

#7620A8 #992ED7 #B261E1 #CB94EB #E4C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#B261E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#B261E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261E1

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261E1	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3881E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5787DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.196 311.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91eb',
    500: '#b261e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261e1;
$custom-light: #cc91eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.969,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63968,
    "c": 0.19568,
    "h": 311.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261E1

secondary

#C9E6B8

accent

#D0155A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261E1

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

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