#B22BAA#B22BAA

#B22BAA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.216 H 330.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22BAA
RGB	rgb(178, 43, 170)
HSL	hsl(304, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(304, 76%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 4.5%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 66.33, -38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 76.63, 329.95°)
OKLab	oklab(54.91% 0.1887 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(54.91% 0.216 330.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4796, 14.0971, 39.3488)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22BAA #2BB233

analogous

#772BB2 #B22BAA #B22B66

triadic

#B22BAA #AAB22B #2BAAB2

tetradic

#B22BAA #B2772B #2BB233 #2B66B2

square

#B22BAA #B2772B #2BB233 #2B66B2

split-complementary

#B22BAA #66B22B #2BB277

monochromatic

#4F134C #811F7B #B22BAA #D348CA #DF79D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B22BAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B22BAA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22BAA

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22BAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22BAA	1.00	5.50	3.82	5.50
#FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B5DAD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#566FA7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22baa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 43, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.216 330.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74c4',
    500: '#b22baa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22baa;
$custom-light: #cd74c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22baa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.556,
    "s": 61.086,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54912,
    "c": 0.21638,
    "h": 330.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.14095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22BAA

secondary

#72C777

accent

#E44D44

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22BAA

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

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