#B261E9#B261E9

#B261E9 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.204 H 309.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261E9
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 233)
HSL	hsl(276, 76%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(276, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.6%, 58.4%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.99, 55.91, -56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.99, 79.24, 314.88°)
OKLab	oklab(64.44% 0.1293 -0.158)
OKLCH	oklch(64.44% 0.204 309.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.3399, 23.8982, 79.7208)
Luminance	0.2390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261E9 #98E961

analogous

#6E61E9 #B261E9 #E961DC

triadic

#B261E9 #E9B261 #61E9B2

tetradic

#B261E9 #E96E61 #98E961 #61DCE9

square

#B261E9 #E96E61 #98E961 #61DCE9

split-complementary

#B261E9 #DCE961 #61E96E

monochromatic

#7719B6 #982BE2 #B261E9 #CC97F0 #E6CCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B261E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B261E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261E9

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261E9	1.00	3.63	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D83ED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5087E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.204 309.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f1',
    500: '#b261e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261e9;
$custom-light: #cc91f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.735,
    "s": 75.556,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64443,
    "c": 0.20419,
    "h": 309.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23898
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261E9

secondary

#CEEABC

accent

#D80E5F

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261E9

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

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