#B228B1#B228B1

#B228B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.1% C 0.224 H 328.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228B1
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 177)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 0.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.46, 68.30, -42.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.46, 80.38, 328.19°)
OKLab	oklab(55.1% 0.1911 -0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(55.1% 0.224 328.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.0544, 14.1589, 42.8945)
Luminance	0.1416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228B1 #28B229

analogous

#6E28B2 #B228B1 #B2286C

triadic

#B228B1 #B1B228 #28B1B2

tetradic

#B228B1 #B26E28 #28B229 #286CB2

square

#B228B1 #B26E28 #28B229 #286CB2

split-complementary

#B228B1 #6CB228 #28B26E

monochromatic

#4E124E #801D7F #B228B1 #D543D4 #E075DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.48

#B228B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B228B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228B1

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228B1	1.00	5.48	3.83	5.48
#FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516FAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.1% 0.224 328.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c9',
    500: '#b228b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228b1;
$custom-light: #cd73c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.435,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.551,
    "c": 0.22435,
    "h": 328.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228B1

secondary

#6FC76F

accent

#E64341

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228B1

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

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