#B228AE#B228AE

#B228AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.222 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228AE
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(302, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, 67.83, -40.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 79.19, 328.93°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.1912 -0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.222 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7587, 14.0406, 41.3370)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228AE #28B22C

analogous

#7128B2 #B228AE #B22869

triadic

#B228AE #AEB228 #28AEB2

tetradic

#B228AE #B27128 #28B22C #2869B2

square

#B228AE #B27128 #28B22C #2869B2

split-complementary

#B228AE #69B228 #28B271

monochromatic

#4E124C #801D7D #B228AE #D543D0 #E075DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51

#B228AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81

#B228AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228AE

5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228AE	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0B5DB2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83D6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.222 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c7',
    500: '#b228ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228ae;
$custom-light: #cd73c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.739,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54925,
    "c": 0.22214,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228AE

secondary

#6FC771

accent

#E64641

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228AE

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

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