#B22BA5#B22BA5

#B22BA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.6% C 0.213 H 332.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22BA5
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 165)
HSL	hsl(306, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(306, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 7.3%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.11, 65.56, -35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.11, 74.71, 331.35°)
OKLab	oklab(54.64% 0.1886 -0.0985)
OKLCH	oklch(54.64% 0.213 332.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.0156, 13.9115, 36.9050)
Luminance	0.1391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22BA5 #2BB238

analogous

#7B2BB2 #B22BA5 #B22B61

triadic

#B22BA5 #A5B22B #2BA5B2

tetradic

#B22BA5 #B27B2B #2BB238 #2B61B2

square

#B22BA5 #B27B2B #2BB238 #2B61B2

split-complementary

#B22BA5 #61B22B #2BB27B

monochromatic

#4F134A #811F77 #B22BA5 #D348C5 #DF79D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.55

#B22BA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B22BA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22BA5

5.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22BA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22BA5	1.00	5.55	3.78	5.55
#FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#225CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#586FA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3B66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22ba5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.6% 0.213 332.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73c0',
    500: '#b22ba5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22ba5;
$custom-light: #cd73c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22ba5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.778,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54635,
    "c": 0.21275,
    "h": 332.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22BA5

secondary

#72C77A

accent

#E45344

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22BA5

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

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