#B223E2#B223E2

#B223E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.266 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B223E2
RGB	rgb(178, 35, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(285, 85%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 84.5%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 77.96, -66.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 102.39, 319.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.188 -0.1877)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.266 315)
XYZ	xyz(32.6863, 16.1593, 73.3340)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B223E2 #53E223

analogous

#5223E2 #B223E2 #E223B3

triadic

#B223E2 #E2B223 #23E2B2

tetradic

#B223E2 #E25223 #53E223 #23B3E2

square

#B223E2 #E25223 #53E223 #23B3E2

split-complementary

#B223E2 #B3E223 #23E252

monochromatic

#60107A #8A17B1 #B223E2 #C559E9 #D88FF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B223E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B223E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B223E2

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B223E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B223E2	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0068E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0F73DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5688

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b223e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 35, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.266 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf73ec',
    500: '#b223e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b223e2;
$custom-light: #cf73ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b223e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.921,
    "s": 76.707,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58017,
    "c": 0.26565,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.16158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B223E2

secondary

#9BDB86

accent

#F33564

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#150916

muted

#837B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B223E2

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

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