#B165EB#B165EB

#B165EB is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.200 H 308.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165EB
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 235)
HSL	hsl(274, 77%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.7%, 57%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.74, 54.11, -56.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.74, 77.92, 313.98°)
OKLab	oklab(65% 0.1232 -0.1579)
OKLCH	oklch(65% 0.2 308)
XYZ	xyz(37.7775, 24.6531, 81.3496)
Luminance	0.2465 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165EB #9FEB65

analogous

#6E65EB #B165EB #EB65E2

triadic

#B165EB #EBB165 #65EBB1

tetradic

#B165EB #EB6E65 #9FEB65 #65E2EB

square

#B165EB #EB6E65 #9FEB65 #65E2EB

split-complementary

#B165EB #E2EB65 #65EB6E

monochromatic

#7619BD #962FE4 #B165EB #CC9BF2 #E8D1F9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#B165EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#B165EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165EB

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165EB	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3485EF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5289E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87E9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.200 308.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f2',
    500: '#b165eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165eb;
$custom-light: #cc94f2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 274.03,
    "s": 77.011,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65002,
    "c": 0.20023,
    "h": 308
  },
  "luminance": 0.24653
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165EB

secondary

#D3ECC0

accent

#D90C65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165EB

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

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