#B228B0#B228B0

#B228B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 55.0% C 0.224 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228B0
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 176)
HSL	hsl(301, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(301, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 1.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.40, 68.14, -41.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.40, 79.98, 328.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.04% 0.1912 -0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(55.04% 0.224 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.9551, 14.1192, 42.3715)
Luminance	0.1412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228B0 #28B22A

analogous

#6F28B2 #B228B0 #B2286B

triadic

#B228B0 #B0B228 #28B0B2

tetradic

#B228B0 #B26F28 #28B22A #286BB2

square

#B228B0 #B26F28 #28B22A #286BB2

split-complementary

#B228B0 #6BB228 #28B26F

monochromatic

#4E124D #801D7F #B228B0 #D543D3 #E075DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B228B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B228B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228B0

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228B0	1.00	5.49	3.82	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#045EB4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516FAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83E6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.0% 0.224 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c8',
    500: '#b228b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228b0;
$custom-light: #cd73c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.87,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55041,
    "c": 0.22361,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228B0

secondary

#6FC770

accent

#E64441

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228B0

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

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