#B227B3#B227B3

#B227B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.227 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227B3
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 64%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 78.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.48, 68.89, -43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.48, 81.49, 327.72°)
OKLab	oklab(55.15% 0.1919 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(55.15% 0.227 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2219, 14.1727, 43.9409)
Luminance	0.1417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227B3 #28B327

analogous

#6C27B3 #B227B3 #B3276E

triadic

#B227B3 #B3B227 #27B3B2

tetradic

#B227B3 #B36C27 #28B327 #276EB3

square

#B227B3 #B36C27 #28B327 #276EB3

split-complementary

#B227B3 #6EB327 #27B36C

monochromatic

#4E114E #801C81 #B227B3 #D541D6 #E074E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B227B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B227B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227B3

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227B3	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.227 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72ca',
    500: '#b227b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227b3;
$custom-light: #cd72ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.571,
    "s": 64.22,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55151,
    "c": 0.22671,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227B3

secondary

#6FC86E

accent

#E74142

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227B3

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

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