#B228AF#B228AF

#B228AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.223 H 329.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228AF
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 175)
HSL	hsl(301, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(301, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 1.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.35, 67.98, -41.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.35, 79.58, 328.68°)
OKLab	oklab(54.98% 0.1912 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(54.98% 0.223 329.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8565, 14.0798, 41.8523)
Luminance	0.1408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228AF #28B22B

analogous

#7028B2 #B228AF #B2286A

triadic

#B228AF #AFB228 #28AFB2

tetradic

#B228AF #B27028 #28B22B #286AB2

square

#B228AF #B27028 #28B22B #286AB2

split-complementary

#B228AF #6AB228 #28B270

monochromatic

#4E124D #801D7E #B228AF #D543D1 #E075DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B228AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B228AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228AF

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228AF	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#085DB3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526FAC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83E6B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.223 329.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c7',
    500: '#b228af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228af;
$custom-light: #cd73c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.304,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54983,
    "c": 0.22287,
    "h": 329.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228AF

secondary

#6FC770

accent

#E64541

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228AF

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

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