#B165D8#B165D8

#B165D8 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.236; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.180 H 312.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165D8
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 216)
HSL	hsl(280, 60%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(280, 53%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.1%, 53.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.70, 49.94, -47.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.70, 68.61, 316.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.1223 -0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.18 312.9)
XYZ	xyz(35.1777, 23.6132, 67.6571)
Luminance	0.2361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165D8 #8CD865

analogous

#7865D8 #B165D8 #D865C6

triadic

#B165D8 #D8B165 #65D8B1

tetradic

#B165D8 #D87865 #8CD865 #65C6D8

square

#B165D8 #D87865 #8CD865 #65C6D8

split-complementary

#B165D8 #C6D865 #65D878

monochromatic

#74279B #9834CC #B165D8 #CA96E4 #E2C7F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.67

#B165D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.72

#B165D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165D8

5.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165D8	1.00	3.67	5.72	5.72
#FFFFFF	3.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4781DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6087D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.180 312.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb94e4',
    500: '#b165d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165d8;
$custom-light: #cb94e4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.652,
    "s": 59.585,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63905,
    "c": 0.17956,
    "h": 312.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165D8

secondary

#C6E2B7

accent

#C71E58

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165D8

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

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