#B272EB#B272EB

#B272EB is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.181 H 306.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B272EB
RGB	rgb(178, 114, 235)
HSL	hsl(272, 75%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(272, 51%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(24.3%, 51.5%, 0%, 7.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.43, 47.58, -51.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.43, 70.31, 312.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.01% 0.1078 -0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(67.01% 0.181 306.6)
XYZ	xyz(39.3697, 27.4981, 81.8148)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B272EB #ABEB72

analogous

#7572EB #B272EB #EB72E7

triadic

#B272EB #EBB272 #72EBB2

tetradic

#B272EB #EB7572 #ABEB72 #72E7EB

square

#B272EB #EB7572 #ABEB72 #72E7EB

split-complementary

#B272EB #E7EB72 #72EB75

monochromatic

#761CC6 #953CE3 #B272EB #CFA8F3 #EDDDFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#B272EB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#B272EB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B272EB

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B272EB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B272EB	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D8DEF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6190E8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#A988A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b272eb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 114, 235);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.181 306.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cc9cf2',
    500: '#b272eb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b272eb;
$custom-light: #cc9cf2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b272eb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 235
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 271.736,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67012,
    "c": 0.18093,
    "h": 306.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B272EB

secondary

#DBEFCA

accent

#D70E6D

background

#FCF9FE

surface

#F9F2FD

border

#D2CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#827E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #B272EB

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

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