#B227A0#B227A0

#B227A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.213 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227A0
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 160)
HSL	hsl(308, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(308, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.44, 65.97, -33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.44, 74.16, 332.82°)
OKLab	oklab(54.08% 0.1918 -0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(54.08% 0.213 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4310, 13.4564, 34.5089)
Luminance	0.1345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227A0 #27B239

analogous

#7F27B2 #B227A0 #B2275A

triadic

#B227A0 #A0B227 #27A0B2

tetradic

#B227A0 #B27F27 #27B239 #275AB2

square

#B227A0 #B27F27 #27B239 #275AB2

split-complementary

#B227A0 #5AB227 #27B27F

monochromatic

#4E1146 #801C73 #B227A0 #D541C2 #E073D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#B227A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#B227A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227A0

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227A0	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#235AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#596E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3562

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.213 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72bc',
    500: '#b227a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227a0;
$custom-light: #cd72bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.77,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54076,
    "c": 0.21307,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227A0

secondary

#6DC879

accent

#E75641

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227A0

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

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