#B229AA#B229AA

#B229AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.218 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B229AA
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.17, 66.92, -38.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.17, 77.30, 329.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.77% 0.1904 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(54.77% 0.218 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4087, 13.9553, 39.3252)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B229AA #29B231

analogous

#7629B2 #B229AA #B22965

triadic

#B229AA #AAB229 #29AAB2

tetradic

#B229AA #B27629 #29B231 #2965B2

square

#B229AA #B27629 #29B231 #2965B2

split-complementary

#B229AA #65B229 #29B276

monochromatic

#4F124B #801E7A #B229AA #D444CC #DF76D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B229AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B229AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B229AA

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B229AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B229AA	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#175DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#556FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b229aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.218 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c4',
    500: '#b229aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b229aa;
$custom-light: #cd73c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b229aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.504,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54767,
    "c": 0.2183,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B229AA

secondary

#70C775

accent

#E64C42

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B229AA

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

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