#B227A3#B227A3

#B227A3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.215 H 333.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227A3
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 163)
HSL	hsl(306, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(306, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 8.4%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.60, 66.42, -35.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.60, 75.27, 331.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.24% 0.1919 -0.0973)
OKLCH	oklch(54.24% 0.215 333.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.6966, 13.5626, 35.9077)
Luminance	0.1356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227A3 #27B236

analogous

#7C27B2 #B227A3 #B2275D

triadic

#B227A3 #A3B227 #27A3B2

tetradic

#B227A3 #B27C27 #27B236 #275DB2

square

#B227A3 #B27C27 #27B236 #275DB2

split-complementary

#B227A3 #5DB227 #27B27C

monochromatic

#4E1147 #801C75 #B227A3 #D541C5 #E073D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.66

#B227A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#B227A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227A3

5.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227A3	1.00	5.66	3.71	5.66
#FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#205AA6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586EA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3764

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.215 333.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72be',
    500: '#b227a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227a3;
$custom-light: #cd72be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.475,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54238,
    "c": 0.21515,
    "h": 333.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227A3

secondary

#6DC877

accent

#E75341

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227A3

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

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