#B165ED#B165ED

#B165ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.202 H 307.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165ED
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.3%, 57.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.85, 54.55, -57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.85, 78.90, 313.74°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% 0.1232 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.202 307.5)
XYZ	xyz(38.0681, 24.7694, 82.8799)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165ED #A1ED65

analogous

#6D65ED #B165ED #ED65E5

triadic

#B165ED #EDB165 #65EDB1

tetradic

#B165ED #ED6D65 #A1ED65 #65E5ED

square

#B165ED #ED6D65 #A1ED65 #65E5ED

split-complementary

#B165ED #E5ED65 #65ED6D

monochromatic

#7617C1 #952EE7 #B165ED #CD9CF3 #E9D3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#B165ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#B165ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165ED

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165ED	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3186F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5089EA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.202 307.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f3',
    500: '#b165ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165ed;
$custom-light: #cc94f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.529,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65123,
    "c": 0.20241,
    "h": 307.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165ED

secondary

#D4EDC1

accent

#DB0A66

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165ED

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

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