#B22C9E#B22C9E

#B22C9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.137; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.207 H 334.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22C9E
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 158)
HSL	hsl(309, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 11.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.85, 64.21, -32.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.85, 71.75, 333.49°)
OKLab	oklab(54.34% 0.1873 -0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(54.34% 0.207 334.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4326, 13.7372, 33.6532)
Luminance	0.1373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22C9E #2CB240

analogous

#832CB2 #B22C9E #B22C5B

triadic

#B22C9E #9EB22C #2C9EB2

tetradic

#B22C9E #B2832C #2CB240 #2C5BB2

square

#B22C9E #B2832C #2CB240 #2C5BB2

split-complementary

#B22C9E #5BB22C #2CB283

monochromatic

#501447 #812072 #B22C9E #D249BE #DE7ACF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#B22C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#B22C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22C9E

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22C9E	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B5BA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C6F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3862

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.207 334.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd73bb',
    500: '#b22c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22c9e;
$custom-light: #cd73bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54338,
    "c": 0.20677,
    "h": 334.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22C9E

secondary

#73C680

accent

#E45C44

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22C9E

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

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