#BB72E1#BB72E1

#BB72E1 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.173 H 313.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E1
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 225)
HSL	hsl(279, 65%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(279, 49%, 88%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.9%, 49.3%, 0%, 11.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, 47.75, -45.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 65.86, 316.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.43% 0.1177 -0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(67.43% 0.173 313)
XYZ	xyz(40.0991, 28.0366, 74.5188)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E1 #98E172

analogous

#8472E1 #BB72E1 #E172D0

triadic

#BB72E1 #E1BB72 #72E1BB

tetradic

#BB72E1 #E18472 #98E172 #72D0E1

square

#BB72E1 #E18472 #98E172 #72D0E1

split-complementary

#BB72E1 #D0E172 #72E184

monochromatic

#8226B3 #A340D6 #BB72E1 #D3A4EC #ECD7F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#BB72E1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#BB72E1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E1

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E1	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588CE5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E92DE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7839F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 225);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.173 313.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29deb',
    500: '#bb72e1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e1;
$custom-light: #d29deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 225
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.459,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67432,
    "c": 0.17273,
    "h": 313
  },
  "luminance": 0.28036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E1

secondary

#D2E9C5

accent

#CD1956

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E1

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

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