#B165F8#B165F8

#B165F8 is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.214 H 305.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B165F8
RGB	rgb(177, 101, 248)
HSL	hsl(271, 91%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(271, 59%, 97%)
CMYK	cmyk(28.6%, 59.3%, 0%, 2.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.49, 57.05, -62.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.49, 84.32, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.8% 0.1232 -0.1755)
OKLCH	oklch(65.8% 0.214 305.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.7247, 25.4320, 91.6048)
Luminance	0.2543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B165F8 #ACF865

analogous

#6765F8 #B165F8 #F865F6

triadic

#B165F8 #F8B165 #65F8B1

tetradic

#B165F8 #F86765 #ACF865 #65F6F8

square

#B165F8 #F86765 #ACF865 #65F6F8

split-complementary

#B165F8 #F6F865 #65F867

monochromatic

#750AD9 #932AF5 #B165F8 #CFA0FB #ECDAFD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#B165F8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.09

#B165F8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B165F8

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B165F8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B165F8	1.00	3.45	6.09	6.09
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C88FD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#458AF5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A583A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b165f8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(177, 101, 248);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.214 305.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94fb',
    500: '#b165f8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b165f8;
$custom-light: #cc94fb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b165f8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 177,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 248
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.02,
    "s": 91.304,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65799,
    "c": 0.21442,
    "h": 305.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B165F8

secondary

#DCF3C6

accent

#E6006F

background

#FDF9FF

surface

#FAF2FF

border

#D3CCD7

text

#140D17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B165F8

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

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