#B22A9E#B22A9E

#B22A9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 54.2% C 0.209 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22A9E
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 158)
HSL	hsl(309, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(309, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 11.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.64, 64.81, -32.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.64, 72.44, 333.47°)
OKLab	oklab(54.19% 0.1891 -0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(54.19% 0.209 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.3599, 13.5918, 33.6290)
Luminance	0.1359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22A9E #2AB23E

analogous

#822AB2 #B22A9E #B22A5A

triadic

#B22A9E #9EB22A #2A9EB2

tetradic

#B22A9E #B2822A #2AB23E #2A5AB2

square

#B22A9E #B2822A #2AB23E #2A5AB2

split-complementary

#B22A9E #5AB22A #2AB282

monochromatic

#4F1346 #801E72 #B22A9E #D346BF #DF77D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.65

#B22A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#B22A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22A9E

5.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22A9E	1.00	5.65	3.72	5.65
#FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#295AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6E9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3662

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.2% 0.209 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73bb',
    500: '#b22a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22a9e;
$custom-light: #cd73bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.824,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54186,
    "c": 0.20879,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22A9E

secondary

#71C77E

accent

#E55B43

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22A9E

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

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