#B165EA#B165EA

#B165EA is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.199 H 308.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165EA
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 234)
HSL	hsl(274, 76%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.4%, 56.8%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.68, 53.88, -55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.68, 77.43, 314.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.94% 0.1231 -0.1565)
OKLCH	oklch(64.94% 0.199 308.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.6335, 24.5955, 80.5908)
Luminance	0.2460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165EA #9EEA65

analogous

#6E65EA #B165EA #EA65E0

triadic

#B165EA #EAB165 #65EAB1

tetradic

#B165EA #EA6E65 #9EEA65 #65E0EA

square

#B165EA #EA6E65 #9EEA65 #65E0EA

split-complementary

#B165EA #E0EA65 #65EA6E

monochromatic

#761ABB #962FE3 #B165EA #CC9BF1 #E8D1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#B165EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#B165EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165EA

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165EA	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3585EE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5389E7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.199 308.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f1',
    500: '#b165ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165ea;
$custom-light: #cc94f1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.286,
    "s": 76,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64943,
    "c": 0.19914,
    "h": 308.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165EA

secondary

#D2ECBF

accent

#D80D64

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165EA

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

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