#B261ED#B261ED

#B261ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.208 H 308.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261ED
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 237)
HSL	hsl(275, 80%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(275, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 59.1%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.22, 56.80, -58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.22, 81.19, 314.39°)
OKLab	oklab(64.69% 0.1293 -0.1635)
OKLCH	oklch(64.69% 0.208 308.3)
XYZ	xyz(37.9178, 24.1293, 82.7643)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261ED #9CED61

analogous

#6C61ED #B261ED #ED61E2

triadic

#B261ED #EDB261 #61EDB2

tetradic

#B261ED #ED6C61 #9CED61 #61E2ED

square

#B261ED #ED6C61 #9CED61 #61E2ED

split-complementary

#B261ED #E2ED61 #61ED6C

monochromatic

#7716BE #972AE7 #B261ED #CD98F3 #E8CFFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B261ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#B261ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261ED

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261ED	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2784F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D88EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.208 308.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd92f3',
    500: '#b261ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261ed;
$custom-light: #cd92f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.714,
    "s": 79.545,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64686,
    "c": 0.20846,
    "h": 308.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261ED

secondary

#D1ECBD

accent

#DC0A62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F1FD

border

#D2CBD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261ED

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

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