#B165DB#B165DB

#B165DB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.238; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.183 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165DB
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 219)
HSL	hsl(279, 62%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(279, 54%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.2%, 53.9%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.86, 50.59, -48.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.86, 70.08, 316.21°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% 0.1225 -0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.183 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.5691, 23.7698, 69.7184)
Luminance	0.2377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165DB #8FDB65

analogous

#7665DB #B165DB #DB65CA

triadic

#B165DB #DBB165 #65DBB1

tetradic

#B165DB #DB7665 #8FDB65 #65CADB

square

#B165DB #DB7665 #8FDB65 #65CADB

split-complementary

#B165DB #CADB65 #65DB76

monochromatic

#7425A0 #9833CF #B165DB #CA97E7 #E3C8F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.65

#B165DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#B165DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165DB

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165DB	1.00	3.65	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4582DF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E88D8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD7997

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.183 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb94e7',
    500: '#b165db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165db;
$custom-light: #cb94e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.644,
    "s": 62.105,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64073,
    "c": 0.18281,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.23769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165DB

secondary

#C8E3B9

accent

#CA1C5A

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165DB

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

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