#BB72E2#BB72E2

#BB72E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.174 H 312.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E2
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(279, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.3%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 47.97, -45.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 66.34, 316.30°)
OKLab	oklab(67.48% 0.1179 -0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(67.48% 0.174 312.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.2359, 28.0913, 75.2394)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E2 #99E272

analogous

#8372E2 #BB72E2 #E272D1

triadic

#BB72E2 #E2BB72 #72E2BB

tetradic

#BB72E2 #E28372 #99E272 #72D1E2

square

#BB72E2 #E28372 #99E272 #72D1E2

split-complementary

#BB72E2 #D1E272 #72E283

monochromatic

#8325B4 #A33FD8 #BB72E2 #D3A5EC #ECD8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#BB72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E2

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E2	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#588DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D92DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B784A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.174 312.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29deb',
    500: '#bb72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e2;
$custom-light: #d29deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.107,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67484,
    "c": 0.17383,
    "h": 312.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E2

secondary

#D2EAC6

accent

#CE1857

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E2

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

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