#B272CD#B272CD

#B272CD is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.147 H 315.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B272CD
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 205)
HSL	hsl(282, 48%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(282, 44%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.2%, 44.4%, 0%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.95, 40.98, -37.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.95, 55.39, 317.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.43% 0.1041 -0.1032)
OKLCH	oklch(65.43% 0.147 315.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.3951, 25.9083, 60.8820)
Luminance	0.2591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B272CD #8DCD72

analogous

#8572CD #B272CD #CD72BA

triadic

#B272CD #CDB272 #72CDB2

tetradic

#B272CD #CD8572 #8DCD72 #72BACD

square

#B272CD #CD8572 #8DCD72 #72BACD

split-complementary

#B272CD #BACD72 #72CD85

monochromatic

#753391 #9945BD #B272CD #CB9FDD #E3CCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#B272CD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#B272CD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B272CD

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B272CD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B272CD	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6187D0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#728DCA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B17F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b272cd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 205);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.147 315.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca9cdc',
    500: '#b272cd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b272cd;
$custom-light: #ca9cdc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b272cd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 205
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.198,
    "s": 47.644,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65426,
    "c": 0.14661,
    "h": 315.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25907
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B272CD

secondary

#C7DEBD

accent

#BB2B55

background

#FCF9FD

surface

#F9F2FB

border

#D2CCD4

text

#130E15

muted

#827E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #B272CD

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

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