#B229EF#B229EF

#B229EF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.272 H 311.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B229EF
RGB	rgb(178, 41, 239)
HSL	hsl(282, 86%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(282, 83%, 94%)
CMYK	cmyk(25.5%, 82.8%, 0%, 6.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 78.94, -71.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 106.44, 317.87°)
OKLab	oklab(59.31% 0.1814 -0.2025)
OKLCH	oklch(59.31% 0.272 311.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7301, 17.2838, 83.1512)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B229EF #66EF29

analogous

#4F29EF #B229EF #EF29C9

triadic

#B229EF #EFB229 #29EFB2

tetradic

#B229EF #EF4F29 #66EF29 #29C9EF

square

#B229EF #EF4F29 #66EF29 #29C9EF

split-complementary

#B229EF #C9EF29 #29EF4F

monochromatic

#690B93 #920FCC #B229EF #C662F3 #DB9BF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#B229EF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#B229EF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B229EF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B229EF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B229EF	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DF4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0076EB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA5E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b229ef;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 41, 239);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.272 311.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cf76f5',
    500: '#b229ef',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b229ef;
$custom-light: #cf76f5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b229ef",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 239
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 281.515,
    "s": 86.087,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59309,
    "c": 0.27188,
    "h": 311.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B229EF

secondary

#AAE490

accent

#FC2C6C

background

#FDF7FF

surface

#FAEEFF

border

#D3C9D7

text

#150A17

muted

#837C85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B229EF

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

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