#B229B6#B229B6

#B229B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.144; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.227 H 326.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B229B6
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 182)
HSL	hsl(298, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(298, 77%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.2%, 77.5%, 0%, 28.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.84, 68.83, -44.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.84, 82.07, 326.99°)
OKLab	oklab(55.47% 0.1902 -0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(55.47% 0.227 326.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.5961, 14.4302, 45.5787)
Luminance	0.1443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B229B6 #2DB629

analogous

#6B29B6 #B229B6 #B62973

triadic

#B229B6 #B6B229 #29B6B2

tetradic

#B229B6 #B66B29 #2DB629 #2973B6

square

#B229B6 #B66B29 #2DB629 #2973B6

split-complementary

#B229B6 #73B629 #29B66B

monochromatic

#501252 #811E84 #B229B6 #D147D5 #DE79E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.40

#B229B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.89

#B229B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B229B6

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B229B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B229B6	1.00	5.40	3.89	5.40
#FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#005FBA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E70B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7426F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b229b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.227 326.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73cc',
    500: '#b229b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b229b6;
$custom-light: #cd73cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b229b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.298,
    "s": 63.229,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55465,
    "c": 0.22717,
    "h": 326.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B229B6

secondary

#75C972

accent

#E64246

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF9

border

#D3C8D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B229B6

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

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