#B228E2#B228E2

#B228E2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.262 H 314.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B228E2
RGB	rgb(178, 40, 226)
HSL	hsl(285, 76%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(285, 82%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(21.2%, 82.3%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.59, 76.77, -65.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.59, 101.05, 319.44°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% 0.185 -0.1858)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.262 314.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.8441, 16.4748, 73.3866)
Luminance	0.1647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B228E2 #58E228

analogous

#5528E2 #B228E2 #E228B5

triadic

#B228E2 #E2B228 #28E2B2

tetradic

#B228E2 #E25528 #58E228 #28B5E2

square

#B228E2 #E25528 #58E228 #28B5E2

split-complementary

#B228E2 #B5E228 #28E255

monochromatic

#62117F #8C18B4 #B228E2 #C55EE9 #D994F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#B228E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#B228E2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B228E2

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B228E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B228E2	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006AE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1774DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AE5888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b228e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 40, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.262 314.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce75ec',
    500: '#b228e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b228e2;
$custom-light: #ce75ec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b228e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.516,
    "s": 76.23,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58302,
    "c": 0.26219,
    "h": 314.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B228E2

secondary

#9FDC8A

accent

#F33566

background

#FDF7FE

surface

#FAEEFD

border

#D3C9D5

text

#140A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B228E2

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

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