#BC72E5#BC72E5

#BC72E5 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.178 H 312.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72E5
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 229)
HSL	hsl(279, 69%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.9%, 50.2%, 0%, 10.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, 48.88, -47.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 67.87, 316.07°)
OKLab	oklab(67.75% 0.1194 -0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(67.75% 0.178 312.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8967, 28.3840, 77.4378)
Luminance	0.2838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72E5 #9BE572

analogous

#8372E5 #BC72E5 #E572D4

triadic

#BC72E5 #E5BC72 #72E5BC

tetradic

#BC72E5 #E58372 #9BE572 #72D4E5

square

#BC72E5 #E58372 #9BE572 #72D4E5

split-complementary

#BC72E5 #D4E572 #72E583

monochromatic

#8422BA #A33EDB #BC72E5 #D5A6EF #EDD9F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#BC72E5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#BC72E5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72E5

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72E5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72E5	1.00	3.15	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568DE9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B885A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72e5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 229);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.178 312.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dee',
    500: '#bc72e5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72e5;
$custom-light: #d29dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72e5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 229
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.609,
    "s": 68.862,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67753,
    "c": 0.17753,
    "h": 312.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72E5

secondary

#D4ECC7

accent

#D11558

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72E5

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

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