#C261E1#C261E1

#C261E1 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.202 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C261E1
RGB	rgb(194, 97, 225)
HSL	hsl(285, 68%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 57%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 56.9%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.52, 58.16, -49.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.52, 76.11, 319.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.84% 0.1484 -0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(65.84% 0.202 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1115, 25.4564, 74.0202)
Luminance	0.2545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C261E1 #80E161

analogous

#8261E1 #C261E1 #E161C0

triadic

#C261E1 #E1C261 #61E1C2

tetradic

#C261E1 #E18261 #80E161 #61C0E1

square

#C261E1 #E18261 #80E161 #61C0E1

split-complementary

#C261E1 #C0E161 #61E182

monochromatic

#8720A8 #AE2ED7 #C261E1 #D694EB #EAC8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#C261E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#C261E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C261E1

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C261E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C261E1	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4284E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#658DDE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c261e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 97, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.202 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d792eb',
    500: '#c261e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c261e1;
$custom-light: #d792eb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c261e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.469,
    "s": 68.085,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65844,
    "c": 0.20201,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C261E1

secondary

#C3E6B8

accent

#D01543

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C261E1

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

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