#C261C9#C261C9

#C261C9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.179 H 324.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C261C9
RGB	rgb(194, 97, 201)
HSL	hsl(296, 49%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(296, 52%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.5%, 51.7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.33, 53.55, -37.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.33, 65.32, 325.07°)
OKLab	oklab(64.58% 0.1463 -0.1031)
OKLCH	oklch(64.58% 0.179 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.0646, 24.2377, 57.9730)
Luminance	0.2424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C261C9 #68C961

analogous

#8E61C9 #C261C9 #C9619C

triadic

#C261C9 #C9C261 #61C9C2

tetradic

#C261C9 #C98E61 #68C961 #619CC9

square

#C261C9 #C98E61 #68C961 #619CC9

split-complementary

#C261C9 #9CC961 #61C98E

monochromatic

#7D2D83 #A93CB0 #C261C9 #D48FD9 #E5BCE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#C261C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#C261C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C261C9

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C261C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C261C9	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#547FCC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728BC6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C66E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c261c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 97, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.179 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d792da',
    500: '#c261c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c261c9;
$custom-light: #d792da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c261c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.962,
    "s": 49.057,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64581,
    "c": 0.17896,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C261C9

secondary

#B1D8AE

accent

#D94F58

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FBF1FA

border

#D4CBD3

text

#150D15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #C261C9

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

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