#B165CA#B165CA

#B165CA is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.165 H 317.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165CA
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 202)
HSL	hsl(285, 49%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(285, 50%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.4%, 50%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.99, 47.00, -40.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.99, 61.86, 319.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% 0.1209 -0.1117)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.165 317.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4443, 22.9198, 58.5279)
Luminance	0.2292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165CA #7ECA65

analogous

#7F65CA #B165CA #CA65B0

triadic

#B165CA #CAB165 #65CAB1

tetradic

#B165CA #CA7F65 #7ECA65 #65B0CA

square

#B165CA #CA7F65 #7ECA65 #65B0CA

split-complementary

#B165CA #B0CA65 #65CA7F

monochromatic

#712E86 #973EB4 #B165CA #C893DA #DFC0E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B165CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.58

#B165CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165CA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165CA	1.00	3.76	5.58	5.58
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#517FCD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6886C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0748E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.165 317.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca93da',
    500: '#b165ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165ca;
$custom-light: #ca93da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.149,
    "s": 48.792,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63151,
    "c": 0.16455,
    "h": 317.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22919
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165CA

secondary

#BBD9B2

accent

#D84F71

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165CA

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

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