#B22AA9#B22AA9

#B22AA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 54.8% C 0.217 H 331.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22AA9
RGB	rgb(178, 42, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 62%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.22, 66.47, -38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.22, 76.58, 330.23°)
OKLab	oklab(54.78% 0.1896 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(54.78% 0.217 331.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.3495, 13.9876, 38.8405)
Luminance	0.1399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22AA9 #2AB233

analogous

#772AB2 #B22AA9 #B22A65

triadic

#B22AA9 #A9B22A #2AA9B2

tetradic

#B22AA9 #B2772A #2AB233 #2A65B2

square

#B22AA9 #B2772A #2AB233 #2A65B2

split-complementary

#B22AA9 #65B22A #2AB277

monochromatic

#4F134B #801E7A #B22AA9 #D346CA #DF77D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.53

#B22AA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.80

#B22AA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22AA9

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22AA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22AA9	1.00	5.53	3.80	5.53
#FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93C68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22aa9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 42, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.8% 0.217 331.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c3',
    500: '#b22aa9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22aa9;
$custom-light: #cd73c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22aa9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.971,
    "s": 61.818,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54782,
    "c": 0.21663,
    "h": 331.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22AA9

secondary

#71C777

accent

#E54E43

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22AA9

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

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