#B165EE#B165EE

#B165EE is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.203 H 307.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165EE
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 238)
HSL	hsl(273, 80%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(273, 58%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.6%, 57.6%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, 54.78, -57.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 79.40, 313.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.18% 0.1232 -0.162)
OKLCH	oklch(65.18% 0.204 307.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.2146, 24.8280, 83.6514)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165EE #A2EE65

analogous

#6D65EE #B165EE #EE65E6

triadic

#B165EE #EEB165 #65EEB1

tetradic

#B165EE #EE6D65 #A2EE65 #65E6EE

square

#B165EE #EE6D65 #A2EE65 #65E6EE

split-complementary

#B165EE #E6EE65 #65EE6D

monochromatic

#7616C3 #952EE8 #B165EE #CD9CF4 #E9D3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#B165EE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#B165EE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165EE

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165EE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165EE	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F86F2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F89EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A87FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165ee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.203 307.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f4',
    500: '#b165ee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165ee;
$custom-light: #cc94f4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165ee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.285,
    "s": 80.117,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65183,
    "c": 0.2035,
    "h": 307.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165EE

secondary

#D5EEC1

accent

#DC0967

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165EE

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

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