#BC72E4#BC72E4

#BC72E4 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.176 H 312.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72E4
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 228)
HSL	hsl(279, 68%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.5%, 50%, 0%, 10.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.18, 48.66, -46.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.18, 67.38, 316.24°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% 0.1193 -0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.176 312.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7575, 28.3284, 76.7046)
Luminance	0.2833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72E4 #9AE472

analogous

#8372E4 #BC72E4 #E472D3

triadic

#BC72E4 #E4BC72 #72E4BC

tetradic

#BC72E4 #E48372 #9AE472 #72D3E4

square

#BC72E4 #E48372 #9AE472 #72D3E4

split-complementary

#BC72E4 #D3E472 #72E483

monochromatic

#8423B8 #A43FDA #BC72E4 #D4A5EE #EDD9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC72E4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#BC72E4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72E4

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72E4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72E4	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#578DE8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D93E1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B884A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72e4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 228);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.176 312.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ded',
    500: '#bc72e4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72e4;
$custom-light: #d29ded;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72e4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 228
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.947,
    "s": 67.857,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.677,
    "c": 0.17643,
    "h": 312.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72E4

secondary

#D4EBC7

accent

#D01657

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72E4

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

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