#B261EB#B261EB

#B261EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.206 H 308.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261EB
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 235)
HSL	hsl(275, 78%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 58.7%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.10, 56.35, -57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.10, 80.21, 314.63°)
OKLab	oklab(64.56% 0.1293 -0.1608)
OKLCH	oklch(64.56% 0.206 308.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.6272, 24.0131, 81.2340)
Luminance	0.2401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261EB #9AEB61

analogous

#6D61EB #B261EB #EB61DF

triadic

#B261EB #EBB261 #61EBB2

tetradic

#B261EB #EB6D61 #9AEB61 #61DFEB

square

#B261EB #EB6D61 #9AEB61 #61DFEB

split-complementary

#B261EB #DFEB61 #61EB6D

monochromatic

#7718BA #982BE4 #B261EB #CC97F2 #E7CEF9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#B261EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.80

#B261EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261EB

5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261EB	1.00	3.62	5.80	5.80
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A83EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E88E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA7B9D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.206 308.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc91f2',
    500: '#b261eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261eb;
$custom-light: #cc91f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.217,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64564,
    "c": 0.20633,
    "h": 308.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261EB

secondary

#D0EBBD

accent

#DA0C61

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261EB

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

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