#B22CA8#B22CA8

#B22CA8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.214 H 331.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CA8
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 168)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 5.6%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.37, 65.72, -37.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.37, 75.51, 330.50°)
OKLab	oklab(54.88% 0.1878 -0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(54.88% 0.214 331.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3287, 14.0956, 38.3722)
Luminance	0.1409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CA8 #2CB236

analogous

#792CB2 #B22CA8 #B22C65

triadic

#B22CA8 #A8B22C #2CA8B2

tetradic

#B22CA8 #B2792C #2CB236 #2C65B2

square

#B22CA8 #B2792C #2CB236 #2C65B2

split-complementary

#B22CA8 #65B22C #2CB279

monochromatic

#50144B #81207A #B22CA8 #D249C8 #DE7AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.50

#B22CA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.82

#B22CA8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CA8

5.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CA8	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)

#205DAB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576FA5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93D68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22ca8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.214 331.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74c2',
    500: '#b22ca8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22ca8;
$custom-light: #cd74c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22ca8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.478,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54876,
    "c": 0.21393,
    "h": 331.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CA8

secondary

#73C67A

accent

#E45044

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CA8

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

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