#B165F5#B165F5

#B165F5 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.211 H 305.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165F5
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 245)
HSL	hsl(272, 88%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 59%, 96%)
CMYK	cmyk(27.8%, 58.8%, 0%, 3.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, 56.36, -60.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 82.84, 312.87°)
OKLab	oklab(65.61% 0.1232 -0.1715)
OKLCH	oklch(65.61% 0.211 305.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.2630, 25.2473, 89.1733)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165F5 #A9F565

analogous

#6965F5 #B165F5 #F565F1

triadic

#B165F5 #F5B165 #65F5B1

tetradic

#B165F5 #F56965 #A9F565 #65F1F5

square

#B165F5 #F56965 #A9F565 #65F1F5

split-complementary

#B165F5 #F1F565 #65F569

monochromatic

#750ED2 #942CF1 #B165F5 #CE9EF9 #EBD8FC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#B165F5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#B165F5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165F5

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165F5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165F5	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2387FA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#488AF2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A582A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165f5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 245);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.211 305.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f9',
    500: '#b165f5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165f5;
$custom-light: #cc94f9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165f5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 245
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.667,
    "s": 87.805,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65612,
    "c": 0.21115,
    "h": 305.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165F5

secondary

#DAF1C5

accent

#E4016C

background

#FCF9FF

surface

#F9F2FF

border

#D2CCD7

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165F5

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

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