#B227AB#B227AB

#B227AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.221 H 330.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227AB
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 171)
HSL	hsl(303, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(303, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 3.9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.03, 67.63, -39.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.03, 78.33, 329.71°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% 0.192 -0.1091)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.221 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.4362, 13.8584, 39.8028)
Luminance	0.1386 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227AB #27B22E

analogous

#7427B2 #B227AB #B22765

triadic

#B227AB #ABB227 #27ABB2

tetradic

#B227AB #B27427 #27B22E #2765B2

square

#B227AB #B27427 #27B22E #2765B2

split-complementary

#B227AB #65B227 #27B274

monochromatic

#4E114B #801C7B #B227AB #D541CE #E073DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B227AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B227AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227AB

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227AB	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#115CAE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#546FA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93B69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.221 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c4',
    500: '#b227ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227ab;
$custom-light: #cd72c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.022,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54685,
    "c": 0.22086,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227AB

secondary

#6DC872

accent

#E74941

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227AB

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

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