#B229B2#B229B2

#B229B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.224 H 328.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B229B2
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 178)
HSL	hsl(300, 63%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(300, 77%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77%, 0%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.61, 68.18, -42.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.61, 80.46, 327.93°)
OKLab	oklab(55.23% 0.1903 -0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(55.23% 0.224 328.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.1886, 14.2672, 43.4327)
Luminance	0.1426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B229B2 #29B229

analogous

#6D29B2 #B229B2 #B2296D

triadic

#B229B2 #B2B229 #29B2B2

tetradic

#B229B2 #B26D29 #29B229 #296DB2

square

#B229B2 #B26D29 #29B229 #296DB2

split-complementary

#B229B2 #6DB229 #29B26D

monochromatic

#4F124F #801E80 #B229B2 #D444D4 #DF76DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.45

#B229B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.85

#B229B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B229B2

5.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B229B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B229B2	1.00	5.45	3.85	5.45
#FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005EB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5070AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8406D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b229b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.224 328.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c9',
    500: '#b229b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b229b2;
$custom-light: #cd73c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b229b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 62.557,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55228,
    "c": 0.22419,
    "h": 328.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.14265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B229B2

secondary

#70C770

accent

#E64242

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B229B2

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

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