#B22CAE#B22CAE

#B22CAE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.143; OKLCH L 55.2% C 0.218 H 329.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CAE
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 174)
HSL	hsl(302, 60%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(302, 75%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.3%, 2.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.69, 66.67, -40.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.69, 77.86, 328.89°)
OKLab	oklab(55.21% 0.1879 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(55.21% 0.218 329.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.9006, 14.3244, 41.3843)
Luminance	0.1432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CAE #2CB230

analogous

#732CB2 #B22CAE #B22C6B

triadic

#B22CAE #AEB22C #2CAEB2

tetradic

#B22CAE #B2732C #2CB230 #2C6BB2

square

#B22CAE #B2732C #2CB230 #2C6BB2

split-complementary

#B22CAE #6BB22C #2CB273

monochromatic

#50144E #81207E #B22CAE #D249CE #DE7ADB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.43

#B22CAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.86

#B22CAE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CAE

5.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CAE	1.00	5.43	3.86	5.43
#FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#155EB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5470AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8406B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22cae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.2% 0.218 329.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74c7',
    500: '#b22cae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22cae;
$custom-light: #cd74c7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22cae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.791,
    "s": 60.36,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55213,
    "c": 0.21835,
    "h": 329.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CAE

secondary

#73C676

accent

#E44944

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CAE

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

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