#BC72E2#BC72E2

#BC72E2 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.174 H 313.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72E2
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 226)
HSL	hsl(280, 66%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(280, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(16.8%, 49.6%, 0%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.09, 48.24, -45.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.09, 66.41, 316.58°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% 0.1191 -0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.174 313.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4815, 28.2179, 75.2509)
Luminance	0.2822 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72E2 #98E272

analogous

#8472E2 #BC72E2 #E272D0

triadic

#BC72E2 #E2BC72 #72E2BC

tetradic

#BC72E2 #E28472 #98E272 #72D0E2

square

#BC72E2 #E28472 #98E272 #72D0E2

split-complementary

#BC72E2 #D0E272 #72E284

monochromatic

#8425B4 #A43FD8 #BC72E2 #D4A5EC #ECD8F7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#BC72E2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#BC72E2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72E2

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72E2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72E2	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)

#588DE6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E93DF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B984A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72e2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 226);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.174 313.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29deb',
    500: '#bc72e2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72e2;
$custom-light: #d29deb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72e2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 226
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 279.643,
    "s": 65.882,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67594,
    "c": 0.17423,
    "h": 313.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28217
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72E2

secondary

#D2EAC6

accent

#CE1856

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72E2

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

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