#B261E4#B261E4

#B261E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.199 H 310.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261E4
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 228)
HSL	hsl(277, 71%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(277, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.9%, 57.5%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 54.82, -53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 76.81, 315.54°)
OKLab	oklab(64.14% 0.1292 -0.1512)
OKLCH	oklch(64.14% 0.199 310.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.6358, 23.6165, 76.0123)
Luminance	0.2362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261E4 #93E461

analogous

#7061E4 #B261E4 #E461D5

triadic

#B261E4 #E4B261 #61E4B2

tetradic

#B261E4 #E47061 #93E461 #61D5E4

square

#B261E4 #E47061 #93E461 #61D5E4

split-complementary

#B261E4 #D5E461 #61E470

monochromatic

#761EAD #992DDB #B261E4 #CB95ED #E5CAF6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B261E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B261E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261E4

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261E4	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3482E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5487E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.199 310.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91ed',
    500: '#b261e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261e4;
$custom-light: #cc91ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.099,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64144,
    "c": 0.19887,
    "h": 310.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261E4

secondary

#CBE7B9

accent

#D3135C

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261E4

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →