#B227A9#B227A9

#B227A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.219 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227A9
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.92, 67.33, -38.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.92, 77.55, 330.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.57% 0.192 -0.1062)
OKLCH	oklch(54.57% 0.219 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2470, 13.7827, 38.8064)
Luminance	0.1378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227A9 #27B230

analogous

#7627B2 #B227A9 #B22763

triadic

#B227A9 #A9B227 #27A9B2

tetradic

#B227A9 #B27627 #27B230 #2763B2

square

#B227A9 #B27627 #27B230 #2763B2

split-complementary

#B227A9 #63B227 #27B276

monochromatic

#4E114A #801C79 #B227A9 #D541CC #E073D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.59

#B227A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B227A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227A9

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227A9	1.00	5.59	3.76	5.59
#FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#165CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556EA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.219 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c3',
    500: '#b227a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227a9;
$custom-light: #cd72c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.885,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54571,
    "c": 0.21942,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227A9

secondary

#6DC873

accent

#E74C41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227A9

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

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