#B265C8#B265C8

#B265C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.163 H 318.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B265C8
RGB	rgb(178, 101, 200)
HSL	hsl(287, 47%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(287, 50%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(11%, 49.5%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.01, 46.87, -39.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.01, 61.00, 320.21°)
OKLab	oklab(63.16% 0.1218 -0.1082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.16% 0.163 318.4)
XYZ	xyz(33.4377, 22.9436, 57.2996)
Luminance	0.2294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B265C8 #7BC865

analogous

#8165C8 #B265C8 #C865AD

triadic

#B265C8 #C8B265 #65C8B2

tetradic

#B265C8 #C88165 #7BC865 #65ADC8

square

#B265C8 #C88165 #7BC865 #65ADC8

split-complementary

#B265C8 #ADC865 #65C881

monochromatic

#712F84 #973FB1 #B265C8 #C992D8 #DFBFE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#B265C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#B265C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B265C8

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B265C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B265C8	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#537FCB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A86C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2738D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b265c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 101, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.163 318.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb93d9',
    500: '#b265c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b265c8;
$custom-light: #cb93d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b265c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 286.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63164,
    "c": 0.16293,
    "h": 318.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22942
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B265C8

secondary

#BAD8B1

accent

#D7516F

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FA

border

#D2CCD3

text

#130D14

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B265C8

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

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