#B265ED#B265ED

#B265ED is a light, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.203 H 307.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B265ED
RGB	rgb(178, 101, 237)
HSL	hsl(274, 79%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(274, 57%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.9%, 57.4%, 0%, 7.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, 54.79, -56.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 78.93, 313.96°)
OKLab	oklab(65.23% 0.1244 -0.16)
OKLCH	oklch(65.23% 0.203 307.9)
XYZ	xyz(38.2967, 24.8873, 82.8906)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B265ED #A0ED65

analogous

#6E65ED #B265ED #ED65E4

triadic

#B265ED #EDB265 #65EDB2

tetradic

#B265ED #ED6E65 #A0ED65 #65E4ED

square

#B265ED #ED6E65 #A0ED65 #65E4ED

split-complementary

#B265ED #E4ED65 #65ED6E

monochromatic

#7717C1 #972EE7 #B265ED #CD9CF3 #E9D3FA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#B265ED on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#B265ED on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B265ED

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B265ED	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B265ED	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)

#3186F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#518AEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A97FA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b265ed;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 101, 237);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.203 307.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc94f3',
    500: '#b265ed',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b265ed;
$custom-light: #cc94f3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b265ed",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 101,
    "b": 237
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.971,
    "s": 79.07,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65232,
    "c": 0.2027,
    "h": 307.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B265ED

secondary

#D4EDC1

accent

#DB0A65

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140D17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B265ED

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

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