#B165EF#B165EF

#B165EF is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.205 H 307.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165EF
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 239)
HSL	hsl(273, 81%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 58%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.9%, 57.7%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 55.00, -57.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 79.89, 313.51°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% 0.1232 -0.1633)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.205 307)
XYZ	xyz(38.3619, 24.8869, 84.4273)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165EF #A3EF65

analogous

#6C65EF #B165EF #EF65E8

triadic

#B165EF #EFB165 #65EFB1

tetradic

#B165EF #EF6C65 #A3EF65 #65E8EF

square

#B165EF #EF6C65 #A3EF65 #65E8EF

split-complementary

#B165EF #E8EF65 #65EF6C

monochromatic

#7614C5 #952EE9 #B165EF #CD9CF5 #E9D4FB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B165EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B165EF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165EF

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165EF	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E86F3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E89EC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A780A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.205 307.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f5',
    500: '#b165ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165ef;
$custom-light: #cc94f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.043,
    "s": 81.176,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65244,
    "c": 0.2046,
    "h": 307
  },
  "luminance": 0.24886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165EF

secondary

#D6EEC2

accent

#DE0868

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FE

border

#D2CCD6

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165EF

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

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