#B261E2#B261E2

#B261E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.197 H 311.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261E2
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 226)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.59, 54.39, -52.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.59, 75.84, 315.82°)
OKLab	oklab(64.03% 0.1292 -0.1484)
OKLCH	oklch(64.03% 0.197 311)
XYZ	xyz(36.3597, 23.5061, 74.5585)
Luminance	0.2351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261E2 #91E261

analogous

#7161E2 #B261E2 #E261D2

triadic

#B261E2 #E2B261 #61E2B2

tetradic

#B261E2 #E27161 #91E261 #61D2E2

square

#B261E2 #E27161 #91E261 #61D2E2

split-complementary

#B261E2 #D2E261 #61E271

monochromatic

#761FA9 #992DD9 #B261E2 #CB95EB #E4C8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#B261E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.70

#B261E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261E2

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261E2	1.00	3.68	5.70	5.70
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3781E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5687DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.197 311.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91ec',
    500: '#b261e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261e2;
$custom-light: #cc91ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.674,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64027,
    "c": 0.19674,
    "h": 311
  },
  "luminance": 0.23505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261E2

secondary

#CAE6B8

accent

#D1155B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261E2

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

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