#B226E3#B226E3

#B226E3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.264 H 314.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B226E3
RGB	rgb(178, 38, 227)
HSL	hsl(284, 77%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(284, 83%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.6%, 83.3%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.49, 77.45, -66.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.49, 102.04, 319.37°)
OKLab	oklab(58.26% 0.186 -0.1879)
OKLCH	oklch(58.26% 0.264 314.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.9160, 16.3985, 74.0895)
Luminance	0.1640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B226E3 #57E326

analogous

#5326E3 #B226E3 #E326B6

triadic

#B226E3 #E3B226 #26E3B2

tetradic

#B226E3 #E35326 #57E326 #26B6E3

square

#B226E3 #E35326 #57E326 #26B6E3

split-complementary

#B226E3 #B6E326 #26E353

monochromatic

#62107E #8C17B5 #B226E3 #C55CEA #D892F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#B226E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#B226E3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B226E3

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B226E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B226E3	1.00	4.91	4.28	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069E8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1074DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD5889

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b226e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 38, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.264 314.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf74ed',
    500: '#b226e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b226e3;
$custom-light: #cf74ed;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b226e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.444,
    "s": 77.143,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58256,
    "c": 0.2644,
    "h": 314.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B226E3

secondary

#9EDC89

accent

#F43466

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B226E3

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

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