#B272E6#B272E6

#B272E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.175 H 307.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B272E6
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(273, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(273, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(22.6%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 46.44, -49.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 67.80, 313.23°)
OKLab	oklab(66.73% 0.1074 -0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(66.73% 0.175 307.8)
XYZ	xyz(38.6575, 27.2132, 78.0638)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B272E6 #A6E672

analogous

#7872E6 #B272E6 #E672E0

triadic

#B272E6 #E6B272 #72E6B2

tetradic

#B272E6 #E67872 #A6E672 #72E0E6

square

#B272E6 #E67872 #A6E672 #72E0E6

split-complementary

#B272E6 #E0E672 #72E678

monochromatic

#7721BC #963EDD #B272E6 #CEA6EF #EBDAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#B272E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#B272E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B272E6

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B272E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B272E6	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#518CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#648FE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AA86A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b272e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.175 307.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb9cee',
    500: '#b272e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b272e6;
$custom-light: #cb9cee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b272e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 273.103,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66734,
    "c": 0.17516,
    "h": 307.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B272E6

secondary

#D8ECC8

accent

#D21469

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#827E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #B272E6

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

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