#B226BD#B226BD

#B226BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.235 H 324.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B226BD
RGB	rgb(178, 38, 189)
HSL	hsl(296, 67%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(296, 80%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 79.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 70.79, -48.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 85.86, 325.53°)
OKLab	oklab(55.69% 0.192 -0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(55.69% 0.235 324.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.2378, 14.5272, 49.4510)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B226BD #31BD26

analogous

#6726BD #B226BD #BD267D

triadic

#B226BD #BDB226 #26BDB2

tetradic

#B226BD #BD6726 #31BD26 #267DBD

square

#B226BD #BD6726 #31BD26 #267DBD

split-complementary

#B226BD #7DBD26 #26BD67

monochromatic

#521257 #821C8A #B226BD #CF46DA #DC79E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#B226BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#B226BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B226BD

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B226BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B226BD	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0060C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4870BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b226bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 38, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.235 324.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73d1',
    500: '#b226bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b226bd;
$custom-light: #cd73d1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b226bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.629,
    "s": 66.52,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55695,
    "c": 0.23502,
    "h": 324.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B226BD

secondary

#79CC73

accent

#E93E4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF9

border

#D3C8D2

text

#140914

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B226BD

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

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