#B228A6#B228A6

#B228A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.216 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228A6
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 166)
HSL	hsl(305, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(305, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 66.59, -36.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 76.08, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% 0.1912 -0.1013)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.216 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0019, 13.7379, 37.3512)
Luminance	0.1374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228A6 #28B234

analogous

#7928B2 #B228A6 #B22861

triadic

#B228A6 #A6B228 #28A6B2

tetradic

#B228A6 #B27928 #28B234 #2861B2

square

#B228A6 #B27928 #28B234 #2861B2

split-complementary

#B228A6 #61B228 #28B279

monochromatic

#4E1249 #801D77 #B228A6 #D543C8 #E075D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B228A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B228A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228A6

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228A6	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D5BA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576EA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3966

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.216 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c1',
    500: '#b228a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228a6;
$custom-light: #cd72c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.217,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54473,
    "c": 0.21636,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228A6

secondary

#6FC776

accent

#E65041

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228A6

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

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