#B165CD#B165CD

#B165CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.168 H 316.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165CD
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 205)
HSL	hsl(284, 51%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(284, 51%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.7%, 50.7%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.14, 47.62, -41.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.14, 63.30, 318.80°)
OKLab	oklab(63.31% 0.1212 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(63.31% 0.168 316.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.8029, 23.0633, 60.4168)
Luminance	0.2306 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165CD #81CD65

analogous

#7D65CD #B165CD #CD65B5

triadic

#B165CD #CDB165 #65CDB1

tetradic

#B165CD #CD7D65 #81CD65 #65B5CD

square

#B165CD #CD7D65 #81CD65 #65B5CD

split-complementary

#B165CD #B5CD65 #65CD7D

monochromatic

#712D8B #973CB9 #B165CD #C893DC #E0C1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B165CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.61

#B165CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165CD

5.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165CD	1.00	3.74	5.61	5.61
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7FD1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6786CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.168 316.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca93dc',
    500: '#b165cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165cd;
$custom-light: #ca93dc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.846,
    "s": 50.98,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63309,
    "c": 0.16775,
    "h": 316.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165CD

secondary

#BEDBB3

accent

#DA4D73

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165CD

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

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