#B228B2#B228B2

#B228B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.225 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228B2
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.5%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.52, 68.46, -42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.52, 80.78, 327.94°)
OKLab	oklab(55.16% 0.1911 -0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(55.16% 0.225 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1544, 14.1989, 43.4213)
Luminance	0.1420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228B2 #28B228

analogous

#6D28B2 #B228B2 #B2286D

triadic

#B228B2 #B2B228 #28B2B2

tetradic

#B228B2 #B26D28 #28B228 #286DB2

square

#B228B2 #B26D28 #28B228 #286DB2

split-complementary

#B228B2 #6DB228 #28B26D

monochromatic

#4E124E #801D80 #B228B2 #D543D5 #E075E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.47

#B228B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.84

#B228B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228B2

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228B2	1.00	5.47	3.84	5.47
#FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.84	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#506FAF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.225 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c9',
    500: '#b228b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228b2;
$custom-light: #cd73c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 63.303,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55159,
    "c": 0.22509,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228B2

secondary

#6FC76F

accent

#E64141

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228B2

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

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