#B22E9E#B22E9E

#B22E9E is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.139; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.205 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B22E9E
RGB	rgb(178, 46, 158)
HSL	hsl(309, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(309, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.2%, 11.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.07, 63.58, -31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.07, 71.03, 333.51°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.1855 -0.0866)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.205 335)
XYZ	xyz(25.5090, 13.8898, 33.6787)
Luminance	0.1389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B22E9E #2EB242

analogous

#842EB2 #B22E9E #B22E5C

triadic

#B22E9E #9EB22E #2E9EB2

tetradic

#B22E9E #B2842E #2EB242 #2E5CB2

square

#B22E9E #B2842E #2EB242 #2E5CB2

split-complementary

#B22E9E #5CB22E #2EB284

monochromatic

#511548 #812173 #B22E9E #D14CBD #DD7DCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.56

#B22E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.78

#B22E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B22E9E

5.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B22E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B22E9E	1.00	5.56	3.78	5.56
#FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D5CA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D6F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB3963

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b22e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 46, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.205 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cd74bb',
    500: '#b22e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b22e9e;
$custom-light: #cd74bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b22e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.091,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54497,
    "c": 0.20467,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.13888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B22E9E

secondary

#76C682

accent

#E25D46

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEDF6

border

#D3C8D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B22E9E

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

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