#B261EA#B261EA

#B261EA is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.5% C 0.205 H 309.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261EA
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 234)
HSL	hsl(275, 77%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(23.9%, 58.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.04, 56.13, -56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.04, 79.73, 314.76°)
OKLab	oklab(64.5% 0.1293 -0.1594)
OKLCH	oklch(64.5% 0.205 309)
XYZ	xyz(37.4832, 23.9555, 80.4752)
Luminance	0.2396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261EA #99EA61

analogous

#6D61EA #B261EA #EA61DE

triadic

#B261EA #EAB261 #61EAB2

tetradic

#B261EA #EA6D61 #99EA61 #61DEEA

square

#B261EA #EA6D61 #99EA61 #61DEEA

split-complementary

#B261EA #DEEA61 #61EA6D

monochromatic

#7718B8 #982BE3 #B261EA #CC97F1 #E7CDF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.63

#B261EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.79

#B261EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261EA

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261EA	1.00	3.63	5.79	5.79
#FFFFFF	3.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C83EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F87E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.5% 0.205 309.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f1',
    500: '#b261ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261ea;
$custom-light: #cc91f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.474,
    "s": 76.536,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64504,
    "c": 0.20526,
    "h": 309
  },
  "luminance": 0.23955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261EA

secondary

#CFEBBC

accent

#D90D60

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261EA

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

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