#B2259E#B2259E

#B2259E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 53.8% C 0.214 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2259E
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 158)
HSL	hsl(309, 66%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(309, 79%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 11.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.15, 66.22, -33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.15, 74.05, 333.42°)
OKLab	oklab(53.83% 0.1933 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(53.83% 0.214 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.1936, 13.2590, 33.5735)
Luminance	0.1326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2259E #25B239

analogous

#8025B2 #B2259E #B22557

triadic

#B2259E #9EB225 #259EB2

tetradic

#B2259E #B28025 #25B239 #2557B2

square

#B2259E #B28025 #25B239 #2557B2

split-complementary

#B2259E #57B225 #25B280

monochromatic

#4D1044 #7F1A71 #B2259E #D73DC1 #E170D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#B2259E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#B2259E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2259E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2259E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2259E	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)

#2459A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6D9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3361

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2259e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.8% 0.214 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd71bb',
    500: '#b2259e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2259e;
$custom-light: #cd71bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2259e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.511,
    "s": 65.581,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53834,
    "c": 0.21351,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2259E

secondary

#6BC878

accent

#E9573F

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2259E

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

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