#C261E8#C261E8

#C261E8 is a light, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.209 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C261E8
RGB	rgb(194, 97, 232)
HSL	hsl(283, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.4%, 58.2%, 0%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.89, 59.56, -52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.89, 79.35, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.24% 0.1487 -0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(66.24% 0.209 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0860, 25.8463, 79.1528)
Luminance	0.2585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C261E8 #87E861

analogous

#7F61E8 #C261E8 #E861CB

triadic

#C261E8 #E8C261 #61E8C2

tetradic

#C261E8 #E87F61 #87E861 #61CBE8

square

#C261E8 #E87F61 #87E861 #61CBE8

split-complementary

#C261E8 #CBE861 #61E87F

monochromatic

#891AB4 #AD2CE0 #C261E8 #D796F0 #EBCCF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#C261E8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.17

#C261E8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C261E8

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C261E8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C261E8	1.00	3.40	6.17	6.17
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3A85EC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#608EE5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF789C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c261e8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(194, 97, 232);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.209 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d792f0',
    500: '#c261e8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c261e8;
$custom-light: #d792f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c261e8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 194,
    "g": 97,
    "b": 232
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.111,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66237,
    "c": 0.20893,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C261E8

secondary

#C8EABB

accent

#D70F47

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FBF2FD

border

#D4CCD5

text

#150D16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #C261E8

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

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