#B22AA6#B22AA6

#B22AA6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.214 H 332.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22AA6
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 166)
HSL	hsl(305, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(305, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 6.7%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.05, 66.01, -36.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.05, 75.43, 331.07°)
OKLab	oklab(54.62% 0.1895 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(54.62% 0.214 332.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0711, 13.8763, 37.3743)
Luminance	0.1387 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22AA6 #2AB236

analogous

#7A2AB2 #B22AA6 #B22A62

triadic

#B22AA6 #A6B22A #2AA6B2

tetradic

#B22AA6 #B27A2A #2AB236 #2A62B2

square

#B22AA6 #B27A2A #2AB236 #2A62B2

split-complementary

#B22AA6 #62B22A #2AB27A

monochromatic

#4F134A #801E78 #B22AA6 #D346C7 #DF77D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B22AA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B22AA6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22AA6

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22AA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22AA6	1.00	5.56	3.77	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F5CA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586FA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22aa6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.214 332.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c1',
    500: '#b22aa6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22aa6;
$custom-light: #cd73c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22aa6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.294,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54616,
    "c": 0.21445,
    "h": 332.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22AA6

secondary

#71C779

accent

#E55143

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22AA6

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

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