#B22CA2#B22CA2

#B22CA2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.210 H 333.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CA2
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 162)
HSL	hsl(307, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(307, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 9%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.06, 64.80, -34.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.06, 73.23, 332.24°)
OKLab	oklab(54.55% 0.1876 -0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(54.55% 0.21 333.5)
XYZ	xyz(25.7826, 13.8772, 35.4961)
Luminance	0.1388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CA2 #2CB23C

analogous

#7F2CB2 #B22CA2 #B22C5F

triadic

#B22CA2 #A2B22C #2CA2B2

tetradic

#B22CA2 #B27F2C #2CB23C #2C5FB2

square

#B22CA2 #B27F2C #2CB23C #2C5FB2

split-complementary

#B22CA2 #5FB22C #2CB27F

monochromatic

#501449 #812075 #B22CA2 #D249C2 #DE7AD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B22CA2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B22CA2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CA2

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CA2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CA2	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#275CA5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A6F9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3A65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22ca2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 162);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.210 333.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74be',
    500: '#b22ca2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22ca2;
$custom-light: #cd74be;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22ca2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 162
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.164,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54549,
    "c": 0.2096,
    "h": 333.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CA2

secondary

#73C67D

accent

#E45744

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF7

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CA2

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

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