#B228AA#B228AA

#B228AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.219 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228AA
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 170)
HSL	hsl(303, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(303, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 67.20, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 77.62, 329.97°)
OKLab	oklab(54.7% 0.1912 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(54.7% 0.219 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.3745, 13.8870, 39.3138)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228AA #28B230

analogous

#7528B2 #B228AA #B22865

triadic

#B228AA #AAB228 #28AAB2

tetradic

#B228AA #B27528 #28B230 #2865B2

square

#B228AA #B27528 #28B230 #2865B2

split-complementary

#B228AA #65B228 #28B275

monochromatic

#4E124B #801D7A #B228AA #D543CC #E075DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B228AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B228AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228AA

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228AA	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#165CAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.219 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd72c4',
    500: '#b228aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228aa;
$custom-light: #cd72c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.478,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54697,
    "c": 0.21923,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228AA

secondary

#6FC774

accent

#E64B41

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228AA

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

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