#B261EE#B261EE

#B261EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.7% C 0.210 H 308.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B261EE
RGB	rgb(178, 97, 238)
HSL	hsl(274, 81%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 59%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.2%, 59.2%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, 57.02, -58.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 81.67, 314.28°)
OKLab	oklab(64.75% 0.1293 -0.1649)
OKLCH	oklch(64.75% 0.21 308.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.0643, 24.1879, 83.5358)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B261EE #9DEE61

analogous

#6B61EE #B261EE #EE61E3

triadic

#B261EE #EEB261 #61EEB2

tetradic

#B261EE #EE6B61 #9DEE61 #61E3EE

square

#B261EE #EE6B61 #9DEE61 #61E3EE

split-complementary

#B261EE #E3EE61 #61EE6B

monochromatic

#7715C0 #972AE8 #B261EE #CD98F4 #E8D0FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#B261EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#B261EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B261EE

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B261EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B261EE	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2584F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C88EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97C9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b261ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 97, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.7% 0.210 308.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd92f4',
    500: '#b261ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b261ee;
$custom-light: #cd92f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b261ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.468,
    "s": 80.571,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64748,
    "c": 0.20953,
    "h": 308.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B261EE

secondary

#D2EDBE

accent

#DD0963

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F1FE

border

#D2CBD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B261EE

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

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