#B22CC2#B22CC2

#B22CC2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.234 H 323.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22CC2
RGB	rgb(178, 44, 194)
HSL	hsl(294, 63%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(294, 77%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(8.2%, 77.3%, 0%, 23.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.86, 69.97, -50.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.86, 86.06, 324.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.41% 0.187 -0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(56.41% 0.234 323.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9975, 15.1632, 52.4279)
Luminance	0.1516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22CC2 #3CC22C

analogous

#672CC2 #B22CC2 #C22C87

triadic

#B22CC2 #C2B22C #2CC2B2

tetradic

#B22CC2 #C2672C #3CC22C #2C87C2

square

#B22CC2 #C2672C #3CC22C #2C87C2

split-complementary

#B22CC2 #87C22C #2CC267

monochromatic

#56155E #842190 #B22CC2 #CA53D8 #D985E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.21

#B22CC2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.03

#B22CC2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22CC2

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22CC2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22CC2	1.00	5.21	4.03	5.21
#FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0063C6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4772BF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B54A77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22cc2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 44, 194);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.234 323.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd75d5',
    500: '#b22cc2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22cc2;
$custom-light: #cd75d5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22cc2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 194
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 293.6,
    "s": 63.025,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56414,
    "c": 0.23363,
    "h": 323.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22CC2

secondary

#86CD7D

accent

#E64253

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FAEEFA

border

#D3C9D3

text

#140914

muted

#837B83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22CC2

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

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