#B221A5#B221A5

#B221A5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 54.0% C 0.222 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B221A5
RGB	rgb(178, 33, 165)
HSL	hsl(305, 69%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(305, 81%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.5%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 68.26, -37.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 77.79, 331.35°)
OKLab	oklab(53.97% 0.1965 -0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(53.97% 0.222 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.6956, 13.2715, 36.7984)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B221A5 #21B22E

analogous

#7721B2 #B221A5 #B2215D

triadic

#B221A5 #A5B221 #21A5B2

tetradic

#B221A5 #B27721 #21B22E #215DB2

square

#B221A5 #B27721 #21B22E #215DB2

split-complementary

#B221A5 #5DB221 #21B277

monochromatic

#4B0E45 #7E1775 #B221A5 #DA36CB #E36AD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B221A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B221A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B221A5

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B221A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B221A5	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1359A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556DA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3464

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b221a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 33, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.0% 0.222 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd70c0',
    500: '#b221a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b221a5;
$custom-light: #cd70c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b221a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.379,
    "s": 68.72,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53966,
    "c": 0.22168,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B221A5

secondary

#66C96F

accent

#EC4C3C

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B221A5

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

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