#BB72E3#BB72E3

#BB72E3 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.175 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E3
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 227)
HSL	hsl(279, 67%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.6%, 49.8%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 48.18, -46.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 66.83, 316.13°)
OKLab	oklab(67.54% 0.118 -0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(67.54% 0.175 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3736, 28.1464, 75.9641)
Luminance	0.2814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E3 #9AE372

analogous

#8372E3 #BB72E3 #E372D3

triadic

#BB72E3 #E3BB72 #72E3BB

tetradic

#BB72E3 #E38372 #9AE372 #72D3E3

square

#BB72E3 #E38372 #9AE372 #72D3E3

split-complementary

#BB72E3 #D3E372 #72E383

monochromatic

#8324B6 #A23FD9 #BB72E3 #D4A5ED #ECD8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#BB72E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#BB72E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E3

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E3	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578DE7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D92E0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B784A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.175 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dec',
    500: '#bb72e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e3;
$custom-light: #d29dec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.761,
    "s": 66.864,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67537,
    "c": 0.17493,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E3

secondary

#D3EAC6

accent

#CF1758

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E3

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

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