#B227AA#B227AA

#B227AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.220 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227AA
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(303, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 67.48, -39.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 77.94, 329.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.63% 0.192 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(54.63% 0.22 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3413, 13.8204, 39.3027)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227AA #27B22F

analogous

#7427B2 #B227AA #B22765

triadic

#B227AA #AAB227 #27AAB2

tetradic

#B227AA #B27427 #27B22F #2765B2

square

#B227AA #B27427 #27B22F #2765B2

split-complementary

#B227AA #65B227 #27B274

monochromatic

#4E114A #801C7A #B227AA #D541CD #E073DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B227AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B227AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227AA

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227AA	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#145CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546EA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.220 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c4',
    500: '#b227aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227aa;
$custom-light: #cd72c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.453,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54628,
    "c": 0.22014,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227AA

secondary

#6DC872

accent

#E74A41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227AA

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

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