#B165DD#B165DD

#B165DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.239; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.185 H 311.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165DD
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 221)
HSL	hsl(278, 64%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(278, 54%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.9%, 54.3%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.96, 51.02, -49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.96, 71.05, 315.90°)
OKLab	oklab(64.19% 0.1226 -0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(64.19% 0.185 311.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.8339, 23.8757, 71.1134)
Luminance	0.2387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165DD #91DD65

analogous

#7565DD #B165DD #DD65CD

triadic

#B165DD #DDB165 #65DDB1

tetradic

#B165DD #DD7565 #91DD65 #65CDDD

square

#B165DD #DD7565 #91DD65 #65CDDD

split-complementary

#B165DD #CDDD65 #65DD75

monochromatic

#7524A4 #9833D2 #B165DD #CA97E8 #E4C9F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.64

#B165DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.78

#B165DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165DD

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165DD	1.00	3.64	5.78	5.78
#FFFFFF	3.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4382E1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D88DA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AC7A98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.185 311.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb94e8',
    500: '#b165dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165dd;
$custom-light: #cb94e8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278,
    "s": 63.83,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64186,
    "c": 0.18498,
    "h": 311.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165DD

secondary

#C9E4B9

accent

#CC1A5B

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165DD

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

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