#BB72E4#BB72E4

#BB72E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.176 H 312.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E4
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(278, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(18%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.07, 48.40, -46.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.07, 67.32, 315.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.1181 -0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.176 312.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.5120, 28.2017, 76.6931)
Luminance	0.2820 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E4 #9BE472

analogous

#8272E4 #BB72E4 #E472D4

triadic

#BB72E4 #E4BB72 #72E4BB

tetradic

#BB72E4 #E48272 #9BE472 #72D4E4

square

#BB72E4 #E48272 #9BE472 #72D4E4

split-complementary

#BB72E4 #D4E472 #72E482

monochromatic

#8323B8 #A23FDA #BB72E4 #D4A5EE #EDD9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB72E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BB72E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E4

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E4	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C92E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B784A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.176 312.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ded',
    500: '#bb72e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e4;
$custom-light: #d29ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.421,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6759,
    "c": 0.17604,
    "h": 312.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E4

secondary

#D4EBC7

accent

#D01659

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E4

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

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