#B227BA#B227BA

#B227BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.232 H 325.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B227BA
RGB	rgb(178, 39, 186)
HSL	hsl(297, 65%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(297, 79%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.3%, 79%, 0%, 27.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.89, 70.03, -46.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.89, 84.33, 326.14°)
OKLab	oklab(55.57% 0.1915 -0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(55.57% 0.232 325.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.9479, 14.4631, 47.7645)
Luminance	0.1446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B227BA #2FBA27

analogous

#6927BA #B227BA #BA2779

triadic

#B227BA #BAB227 #27BAB2

tetradic

#B227BA #BA6927 #2FBA27 #2779BA

square

#B227BA #BA6927 #2FBA27 #2779BA

split-complementary

#B227BA #79BA27 #27BA69

monochromatic

#511255 #821C87 #B227BA #D046D8 #DD79E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B227BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B227BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B227BA

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B227BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B227BA	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A70B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B64371

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b227ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 39, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.232 325.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73cf',
    500: '#b227ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b227ba;
$custom-light: #cd73cf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b227ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.735,
    "s": 65.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55574,
    "c": 0.23193,
    "h": 325.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.14461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B227BA

secondary

#77CB72

accent

#E84049

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF9

border

#D3C8D2

text

#140914

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B227BA

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

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