#B165F3#B165F3

#B165F3 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.209 H 306.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165F3
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 243)
HSL	hsl(272, 86%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(272, 58%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.2%, 58.4%, 0%, 4.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.20, 55.91, -59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.20, 81.86, 313.08°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% 0.1232 -0.1688)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.209 306.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.9594, 25.1259, 87.5740)
Luminance	0.2513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165F3 #A7F365

analogous

#6A65F3 #B165F3 #F365EE

triadic

#B165F3 #F3B165 #65F3B1

tetradic

#B165F3 #F36A65 #A7F365 #65EEF3

square

#B165F3 #F36A65 #A7F365 #65EEF3

split-complementary

#B165F3 #EEF365 #65F36A

monochromatic

#7510CE #942CEF #B165F3 #CE9EF7 #EBD7FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#B165F3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#B165F3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165F3

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165F3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165F3	1.00	3.49	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2787F8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A8AF0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A681A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165f3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 243);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.209 306.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f8',
    500: '#b165f3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165f3;
$custom-light: #cc94f8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165f3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 243
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 272.113,
    "s": 85.542,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65489,
    "c": 0.20897,
    "h": 306.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165F3

secondary

#D8F0C4

accent

#E2036B

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165F3

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

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