#B227A2#B227A2

#B227A2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.214 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227A2
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 162)
HSL	hsl(307, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(307, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, 66.27, -34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 74.90, 332.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.18% 0.1919 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(54.18% 0.214 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.6074, 13.5269, 35.4377)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227A2 #27B237

analogous

#7C27B2 #B227A2 #B2275D

triadic

#B227A2 #A2B227 #27A2B2

tetradic

#B227A2 #B27C27 #27B237 #275DB2

square

#B227A2 #B27C27 #27B237 #275DB2

split-complementary

#B227A2 #5DB227 #27B27C

monochromatic

#4E1147 #801C74 #B227A2 #D541C4 #E073D4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B227A2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B227A2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227A2

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227A2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227A2	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#215AA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586E9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227a2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.214 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72be',
    500: '#b227a2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227a2;
$custom-light: #cd72be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227a2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.906,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54184,
    "c": 0.21446,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227A2

secondary

#6DC878

accent

#E75441

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227A2

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

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