#C261E2#C261E2

#C261E2 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.203 H 317.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C261E2
RGB	rgb(194, 97, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 69%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(285, 57%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 57.1%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.57, 58.36, -49.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.57, 76.57, 319.65°)
OKLab	oklab(65.9% 0.1485 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(65.9% 0.203 317)
XYZ	xyz(40.2483, 25.5112, 74.7408)
Luminance	0.2551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C261E2 #81E261

analogous

#8161E2 #C261E2 #E261C2

triadic

#C261E2 #E2C261 #61E2C2

tetradic

#C261E2 #E28161 #81E261 #61C2E2

square

#C261E2 #E28161 #81E261 #61C2E2

split-complementary

#C261E2 #C2E261 #61E281

monochromatic

#871FA9 #AE2DD9 #C261E2 #D695EB #EAC8F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#C261E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#C261E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C261E2

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C261E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C261E2	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4184E6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648DDF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C17699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c261e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 97, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.203 317.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d792ec',
    500: '#c261e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c261e2;
$custom-light: #d792ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c261e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.116,
    "s": 68.984,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65899,
    "c": 0.203,
    "h": 317
  },
  "luminance": 0.2551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C261E2

secondary

#C4E6B8

accent

#D11543

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C261E2

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

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