#BB72E5#BB72E5

#BB72E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.177 H 311.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E5
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(278, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.12, 48.61, -47.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.12, 67.81, 315.80°)
OKLab	oklab(67.64% 0.1182 -0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(67.64% 0.177 311.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.6512, 28.2574, 77.4263)
Luminance	0.2826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E5 #9CE572

analogous

#8272E5 #BB72E5 #E572D5

triadic

#BB72E5 #E5BB72 #72E5BB

tetradic

#BB72E5 #E58272 #9CE572 #72D5E5

square

#BB72E5 #E58272 #9CE572 #72D5E5

split-complementary

#BB72E5 #D5E572 #72E582

monochromatic

#8322BA #A23EDB #BB72E5 #D4A6EF #EDD9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BB72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.65

#BB72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E5

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E5	1.00	3.16	6.65	6.65
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C92E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B785A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.177 311.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dee',
    500: '#bb72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e5;
$custom-light: #d29dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.087,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67644,
    "c": 0.17714,
    "h": 311.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E5

secondary

#D5ECC7

accent

#D11559

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E5

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

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