#B228A8#B228A8

#B228A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.218 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228A8
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.96, 66.89, -37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.96, 76.85, 330.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.58% 0.1912 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(54.58% 0.218 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.1868, 13.8119, 38.3250)
Luminance	0.1381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228A8 #28B232

analogous

#7728B2 #B228A8 #B22863

triadic

#B228A8 #A8B228 #28A8B2

tetradic

#B228A8 #B27728 #28B232 #2863B2

square

#B228A8 #B27728 #28B232 #2863B2

split-complementary

#B228A8 #63B228 #28B277

monochromatic

#4E124A #801D79 #B228A8 #D543CA #E075D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#B228A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#B228A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228A8

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228A8	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#195CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93A67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.218 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c2',
    500: '#b228a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228a8;
$custom-light: #cd72c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.348,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54584,
    "c": 0.21779,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228A8

secondary

#6FC775

accent

#E64D41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228A8

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

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