#B22CA9#B22CA9

#B22CA9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.141; OKLCH L 54.9% C 0.215 H 331.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CA9
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 169)
HSL	hsl(304, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(304, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 5.1%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.42, 65.88, -37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.42, 75.90, 330.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.93% 0.1878 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(54.93% 0.215 331)
XYZ	xyz(26.4222, 14.1330, 38.8648)
Luminance	0.1413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CA9 #2CB235

analogous

#782CB2 #B22CA9 #B22C66

triadic

#B22CA9 #A9B22C #2CA9B2

tetradic

#B22CA9 #B2782C #2CB235 #2C66B2

square

#B22CA9 #B2782C #2CB235 #2C66B2

split-complementary

#B22CA9 #66B22C #2CB278

monochromatic

#50144C #81207A #B22CA9 #D249C9 #DE7AD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.49

#B22CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.83

#B22CA9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CA9

5.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CA9	1.00	5.49	3.83	5.49
#FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.83	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E5DAC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#576FA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93D69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.9% 0.215 331.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74c3',
    500: '#b22ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22ca9;
$custom-light: #cd74c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.03,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54931,
    "c": 0.21466,
    "h": 331
  },
  "luminance": 0.14131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CA9

secondary

#73C679

accent

#E44F44

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEDF8

border

#D3C8D1

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CA9

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

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