#B165CE#B165CE

#B165CE is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.231; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.169 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165CE
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 206)
HSL	hsl(283, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.1%, 51%, 0%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.19, 47.83, -42.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.19, 63.78, 318.59°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% 0.1213 -0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.169 316)
XYZ	xyz(33.9240, 23.1117, 61.0545)
Luminance	0.2311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165CE #82CE65

analogous

#7D65CE #B165CE #CE65B6

triadic

#B165CE #CEB165 #65CEB1

tetradic

#B165CE #CE7D65 #82CE65 #65B6CE

square

#B165CE #CE7D65 #82CE65 #65B6CE

split-complementary

#B165CE #B6CE65 #65CE7D

monochromatic

#722D8C #973BBA #B165CE #C993DD #E0C2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.74

#B165CE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.62

#B165CE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165CE

5.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165CE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165CE	1.00	3.74	5.62	5.62
#FFFFFF	3.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F7FD2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6686CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B07590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165ce;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 206);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.169 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca93dd',
    500: '#b165ce',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165ce;
$custom-light: #ca93dd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165ce",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 206
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.429,
    "s": 51.724,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63362,
    "c": 0.16881,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.23111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165CE

secondary

#BEDCB3

accent

#BF2651

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165CE

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

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