#B225E2#B225E2

#B225E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.264 H 315.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B225E2
RGB	rgb(178, 37, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 84%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 83.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 77.50, -66.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 101.88, 319.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1868 -0.187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.264 315)
XYZ	xyz(32.7468, 16.2804, 73.3542)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B225E2 #55E225

analogous

#5425E2 #B225E2 #E225B4

triadic

#B225E2 #E2B225 #25E2B2

tetradic

#B225E2 #E25425 #55E225 #25B4E2

square

#B225E2 #E25425 #55E225 #25B4E2

split-complementary

#B225E2 #B4E225 #25E254

monochromatic

#61117C #8B18B2 #B225E2 #C55BE9 #D891F0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#B225E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#B225E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B225E2

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B225E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B225E2	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1274DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5788

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b225e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 37, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.264 315.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf74ec',
    500: '#b225e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b225e2;
$custom-light: #cf74ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b225e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.762,
    "s": 76.518,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58127,
    "c": 0.26432,
    "h": 315
  },
  "luminance": 0.16279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B225E2

secondary

#9DDB88

accent

#F33565

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#150916

muted

#837B84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B225E2

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

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