#B22CB4#B22CB4

#B22CB4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.6% C 0.223 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CB4
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 180)
HSL	hsl(299, 61%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(299, 76%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 75.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.03, 67.63, -43.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.03, 80.27, 327.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.56% 0.1878 -0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(55.56% 0.223 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.4986, 14.5636, 44.5339)
Luminance	0.1456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CB4 #2EB42C

analogous

#6E2CB4 #B22CB4 #B42C72

triadic

#B22CB4 #B4B22C #2CB4B2

tetradic

#B22CB4 #B46E2C #2EB42C #2C72B4

square

#B22CB4 #B46E2C #2EB42C #2C72B4

split-complementary

#B22CB4 #72B42C #2CB46E

monochromatic

#511452 #812083 #B22CB4 #D14AD3 #DD7CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.37

#B22CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.91

#B22CB4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CB4

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CB4	1.00	5.37	3.91	5.37
#FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0360B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5070B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7436F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.6% 0.223 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74cb',
    500: '#b22cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22cb4;
$custom-light: #cd74cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.118,
    "s": 60.714,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55561,
    "c": 0.22287,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.14562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CB4

secondary

#76C775

accent

#E44446

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF8

border

#D3C9D1

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CB4

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

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