#BB72E9#BB72E9

#BB72E9 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.182 H 310.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72E9
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 233)
HSL	hsl(277, 73%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(277, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(19.7%, 51.1%, 0%, 8.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.32, 49.48, -49.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.32, 69.76, 315.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.86% 0.1186 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(67.86% 0.182 310.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2161, 28.4834, 80.4016)
Luminance	0.2848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72E9 #A0E972

analogous

#7F72E9 #BB72E9 #E972DB

triadic

#BB72E9 #E9BB72 #72E9BB

tetradic

#BB72E9 #E97F72 #A0E972 #72DBE9

square

#BB72E9 #E97F72 #A0E972 #72DBE9

split-complementary

#BB72E9 #DBE972 #72E97F

monochromatic

#831EC2 #A13DE1 #BB72E9 #D5A7F1 #EEDCFA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BB72E9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.70

#BB72E9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72E9

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72E9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72E9	1.00	3.14	6.70	6.70
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#538EED

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6993E6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B686A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72e9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 233);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.182 310.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29df0',
    500: '#bb72e9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72e9;
$custom-light: #d29df0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72e9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 233
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 276.807,
    "s": 73.006,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67859,
    "c": 0.18157,
    "h": 310.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72E9

secondary

#D7EEC9

accent

#D5105C

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E17

muted

#837E85

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72E9

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →