#B261E8#B261E8

#B261E8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.203 H 309.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261E8
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 232)
HSL	hsl(276, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.3%, 58.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.93, 55.69, -55.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.93, 78.75, 315.01°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.1293 -0.1567)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.203 309.5)
XYZ	xyz(37.1975, 23.8412, 78.9706)
Luminance	0.2384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261E8 #97E861

analogous

#6F61E8 #B261E8 #E861DB

triadic

#B261E8 #E8B261 #61E8B2

tetradic

#B261E8 #E86F61 #97E861 #61DBE8

square

#B261E8 #E86F61 #97E861 #61DBE8

split-complementary

#B261E8 #DBE861 #61E86F

monochromatic

#771AB4 #982CE0 #B261E8 #CC96F0 #E6CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B261E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.77

#B261E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261E8

5.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261E8	1.00	3.64	5.77	5.77
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F82EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5187E5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AB7A9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.203 309.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f0',
    500: '#b261e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261e8;
$custom-light: #cc91f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64383,
    "c": 0.20313,
    "h": 309.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261E8

secondary

#CEEABB

accent

#D70F5F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261E8

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

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