#BB72E6#BB72E6

#BB72E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.178 H 311.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E6
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.7%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.17, 48.83, -47.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.17, 68.29, 315.64°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.1183 -0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.178 311.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7912, 28.3134, 78.1638)
Luminance	0.2831 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E6 #9DE672

analogous

#8172E6 #BB72E6 #E672D7

triadic

#BB72E6 #E6BB72 #72E6BB

tetradic

#BB72E6 #E68172 #9DE672 #72D7E6

square

#BB72E6 #E68172 #9DE672 #72D7E6

split-complementary

#BB72E6 #D7E672 #72E681

monochromatic

#8321BC #A23EDD #BB72E6 #D4A6EF #EDDAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BB72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.66

#BB72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E6

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E6	1.00	3.15	6.66	6.66
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B93E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B685A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.178 311.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dee',
    500: '#bb72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e6;
$custom-light: #d29dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 277.759,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67697,
    "c": 0.17825,
    "h": 311.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28313
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E6

secondary

#D5ECC8

accent

#D2145A

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E6

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

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