#B272DD#B272DD

#B272DD is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 66.2% C 0.165 H 310.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B272DD
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 221)
HSL	hsl(276, 61%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(276, 48%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.5%, 48.4%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.71, 44.43, -45.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.71, 63.30, 314.58°)
OKLab	oklab(66.25% 0.1064 -0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(66.25% 0.165 310.2)
XYZ	xyz(37.4261, 26.7207, 71.5786)
Luminance	0.2672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B272DD #9DDD72

analogous

#7C72DD #B272DD #DD72D2

triadic

#B272DD #DDB272 #72DDB2

tetradic

#B272DD #DD7C72 #9DDD72 #72D2DD

square

#B272DD #DD7C72 #9DDD72 #72D2DD

split-complementary

#B272DD #D2DD72 #72DD7C

monochromatic

#7729AB #9741D1 #B272DD #CDA3E9 #E8D5F5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#B272DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.34

#B272DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B272DD

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B272DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B272DD	1.00	3.31	6.34	6.34
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588AE1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A8EDA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AD839D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b272dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.2% 0.165 310.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9ce8',
    500: '#b272dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b272dd;
$custom-light: #cb9ce8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b272dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 275.888,
    "s": 61.143,
    "l": 65.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66246,
    "c": 0.1648,
    "h": 310.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B272DD

secondary

#D2E7C4

accent

#C91D62

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FC

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B272DD

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

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