#B261E7#B261E7

#B261E7 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.202 H 309.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261E7
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 231)
HSL	hsl(276, 74%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.9%, 58%, 0%, 9.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.87, 55.48, -55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.87, 78.27, 315.14°)
OKLab	oklab(64.32% 0.1293 -0.1553)
OKLCH	oklch(64.32% 0.202 309.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0558, 23.7846, 78.2246)
Luminance	0.2378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261E7 #96E761

analogous

#6F61E7 #B261E7 #E761D9

triadic

#B261E7 #E7B261 #61E7B2

tetradic

#B261E7 #E76F61 #96E761 #61D9E7

square

#B261E7 #E76F61 #96E761 #61D9E7

split-complementary

#B261E7 #D9E761 #61E76F

monochromatic

#771BB2 #982CDF #B261E7 #CC96EF #E6CBF7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B261E7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.76

#B261E7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261E7

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261E7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261E7	1.00	3.65	5.76	5.76
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3082EB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5287E4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261e7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 231);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.202 309.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91ef',
    500: '#b261e7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261e7;
$custom-light: #cc91ef;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261e7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 231
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.269,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64323,
    "c": 0.20207,
    "h": 309.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.23784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261E7

secondary

#CDE9BB

accent

#D6105E

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261E7

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

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