#B227AD#B227AD

#B227AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.222 H 329.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227AD
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 173)
HSL	hsl(302, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(302, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 2.8%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.14, 67.95, -40.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.14, 79.11, 329.19°)
OKLab	oklab(54.8% 0.192 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(54.8% 0.222 329.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6283, 13.9352, 40.8144)
Luminance	0.1393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227AD #27B22C

analogous

#7127B2 #B227AD #B22768

triadic

#B227AD #ADB227 #27ADB2

tetradic

#B227AD #B27127 #27B22C #2768B2

square

#B227AD #B27127 #27B22C #2768B2

split-complementary

#B227AD #68B227 #27B271

monochromatic

#4E114B #801C7C #B227AD #D541D0 #E073DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#B227AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B227AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227AD

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227AD	1.00	5.55	3.79	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C5DB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#536FAA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93C6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.222 329.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c6',
    500: '#b227ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227ad;
$custom-light: #cd72c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.158,
    "s": 64.055,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54799,
    "c": 0.22231,
    "h": 329.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227AD

secondary

#6DC871

accent

#E74741

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227AD

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

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