#B165CF#B165CF

#B165CF is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.232; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.170 H 315.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165CF
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 207)
HSL	hsl(283, 52%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(283, 51%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.5%, 51.2%, 0%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.24, 48.04, -42.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.24, 64.26, 318.38°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% 0.1214 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.17 315.6)
XYZ	xyz(34.0459, 23.1605, 61.6964)
Luminance	0.2316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165CF #83CF65

analogous

#7C65CF #B165CF #CF65B8

triadic

#B165CF #CFB165 #65CFB1

tetradic

#B165CF #CF7C65 #83CF65 #65B8CF

square

#B165CF #CF7C65 #83CF65 #65B8CF

split-complementary

#B165CF #B8CF65 #65CF7C

monochromatic

#722C8D #983BBC #B165CF #C994DE #E0C2EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.73

#B165CF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.63

#B165CF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165CF

5.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165CF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165CF	1.00	3.73	5.63	5.63
#FFFFFF	3.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E80D3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6586CC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF7591

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165cf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 207);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.170 315.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca93de',
    500: '#b165cf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165cf;
$custom-light: #ca93de;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165cf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 207
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.019,
    "s": 52.475,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63415,
    "c": 0.16989,
    "h": 315.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.23159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165CF

secondary

#BFDCB4

accent

#C02651

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130D15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165CF

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

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