#B228A9#B228A9

#B228A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.218 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228A9
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.02, 67.05, -38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.02, 77.23, 330.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1912 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.219 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.2803, 13.8493, 38.8175)
Luminance	0.1385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228A9 #28B231

analogous

#7628B2 #B228A9 #B22864

triadic

#B228A9 #A9B228 #28A9B2

tetradic

#B228A9 #B27628 #28B231 #2864B2

square

#B228A9 #B27628 #28B231 #2864B2

split-complementary

#B228A9 #64B228 #28B276

monochromatic

#4E124A #801D7A #B228A9 #D543CB #E075D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B228A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B228A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228A9

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228A9	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#185CAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.218 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c3',
    500: '#b228a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228a9;
$custom-light: #cd72c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.913,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5464,
    "c": 0.2185,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228A9

secondary

#6FC774

accent

#E64C41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228A9

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

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