#B22CA1#B22CA1

#B22CA1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.209 H 333.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CA1
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 161)
HSL	hsl(308, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(308, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 9.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.01, 64.65, -33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.01, 72.86, 332.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1875 -0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.209 333.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.6940, 13.8418, 35.0298)
Luminance	0.1384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CA1 #2CB23D

analogous

#802CB2 #B22CA1 #B22C5E

triadic

#B22CA1 #A1B22C #2CA1B2

tetradic

#B22CA1 #B2802C #2CB23D #2C5EB2

square

#B22CA1 #B2802C #2CB23D #2C5EB2

split-complementary

#B22CA1 #5EB22C #2CB280

monochromatic

#501448 #812075 #B22CA1 #D249C1 #DE7AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.57

#B22CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#B22CA1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CA1

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CA1	1.00	5.57	3.77	5.57
#FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285CA4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3964

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.209 333.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74bd',
    500: '#b22ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22ca1;
$custom-light: #cd74bd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.612,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54496,
    "c": 0.20889,
    "h": 333.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CA1

secondary

#73C67E

accent

#E45844

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CA1

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

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