#B228A0#B228A0

#B228A0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 54.1% C 0.212 H 334.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228A0
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 160)
HSL	hsl(308, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(308, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 10.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 65.69, -33.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 73.84, 332.83°)
OKLab	oklab(54.15% 0.1909 -0.0924)
OKLCH	oklch(54.15% 0.212 334.2)
XYZ	xyz(25.4643, 13.5229, 34.5199)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228A0 #28B23A

analogous

#7F28B2 #B228A0 #B2285B

triadic

#B228A0 #A0B228 #28A0B2

tetradic

#B228A0 #B27F28 #28B23A #285BB2

square

#B228A0 #B27F28 #28B23A #285BB2

split-complementary

#B228A0 #5BB228 #28B27F

monochromatic

#4E1246 #801D73 #B228A0 #D543C2 #E075D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#B228A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#B228A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228A0

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228A0	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#255AA3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6E9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3663

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.1% 0.212 334.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72bc',
    500: '#b228a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228a0;
$custom-light: #cd72bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.826,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54146,
    "c": 0.21213,
    "h": 334.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228A0

secondary

#6FC77A

accent

#E65741

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228A0

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

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