#B228B3#B228B3

#B228B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.142; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.226 H 327.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228B3
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 179)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 78%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 77.7%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.57, 68.62, -43.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.57, 81.18, 327.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.22% 0.1911 -0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(55.22% 0.226 327.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2552, 14.2393, 43.9520)
Luminance	0.1424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228B3 #29B328

analogous

#6C28B3 #B228B3 #B3286F

triadic

#B228B3 #B3B228 #28B3B2

tetradic

#B228B3 #B36C28 #29B328 #286FB3

square

#B228B3 #B36C28 #29B328 #286FB3

split-complementary

#B228B3 #6FB328 #28B36C

monochromatic

#4F124F #801D81 #B228B3 #D443D5 #DF75E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.46

#B228B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B228B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228B3

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228B3	1.00	5.46	3.85	5.46
#FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F6FB0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.226 327.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73ca',
    500: '#b228b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228b3;
$custom-light: #cd73ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.568,
    "s": 63.47,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55218,
    "c": 0.22582,
    "h": 327.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228B3

secondary

#70C86F

accent

#E64142

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228B3

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

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