#B22AA8#B22AA8

#B22AA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.216 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22AA8
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.16, 66.32, -37.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.16, 76.19, 330.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.73% 0.1895 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(54.73% 0.216 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.2560, 13.9502, 38.3480)
Luminance	0.1395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22AA8 #2AB234

analogous

#782AB2 #B22AA8 #B22A64

triadic

#B22AA8 #A8B22A #2AA8B2

tetradic

#B22AA8 #B2782A #2AB234 #2A64B2

square

#B22AA8 #B2782A #2AB234 #2A64B2

split-complementary

#B22AA8 #64B22A #2AB278

monochromatic

#4F134B #801E79 #B22AA8 #D346C9 #DF77D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.54

#B22AA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.79

#B22AA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22AA8

5.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22AA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22AA8	1.00	5.54	3.79	5.54
#FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D5CAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93B68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22aa8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.216 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c2',
    500: '#b22aa8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22aa8;
$custom-light: #cd73c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22aa8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.412,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54727,
    "c": 0.2159,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22AA8

secondary

#71C777

accent

#E54F43

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22AA8

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

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