#B223B0#B223B0

#B223B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.228 H 328.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B223B0
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 67%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(301, 80%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80.3%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.95, 69.45, -42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.95, 81.47, 328.48°)
OKLab	oklab(54.72% 0.1949 -0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(54.72% 0.228 328.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7974, 13.8037, 42.3189)
Luminance	0.1380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B223B0 #23B225

analogous

#6D23B2 #B223B0 #B22369

triadic

#B223B0 #B0B223 #23B0B2

tetradic

#B223B0 #B26D23 #23B225 #2369B2

square

#B223B0 #B26D23 #23B225 #2369B2

split-complementary

#B223B0 #69B223 #23B26D

monochromatic

#4C0F4B #7F197D #B223B0 #D83AD6 #E26DE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B223B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B223B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B223B0

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B223B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B223B0	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005CB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6EAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83C6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b223b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.228 328.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd71c8',
    500: '#b223b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b223b0;
$custom-light: #cd71c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b223b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.839,
    "s": 67.136,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54719,
    "c": 0.22787,
    "h": 328.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B223B0

secondary

#68C96A

accent

#EA403E

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B223B0

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

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