#B165DA#B165DA

#B165DA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.182 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165DA
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 218)
HSL	hsl(279, 61%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 54%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.8%, 53.7%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.80, 50.37, -48.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.80, 69.59, 316.37°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% 0.1224 -0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.182 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.4378, 23.7173, 69.0272)
Luminance	0.2372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165DA #8EDA65

analogous

#7665DA #B165DA #DA65C9

triadic

#B165DA #DAB165 #65DAB1

tetradic

#B165DA #DA7665 #8EDA65 #65C9DA

square

#B165DA #DA7665 #8EDA65 #65C9DA

split-complementary

#B165DA #C9DA65 #65DA76

monochromatic

#74269F #9834CE #B165DA #CA96E6 #E3C8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#B165DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.74

#B165DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165DA

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165DA	1.00	3.66	5.74	5.74
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4582DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F87D7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.182 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb94e6',
    500: '#b165da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165da;
$custom-light: #cb94e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.974,
    "s": 61.257,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64017,
    "c": 0.18173,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165DA

secondary

#C7E3B8

accent

#C91D59

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165DA

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

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