#BC72E6#BC72E6

#BC72E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.179 H 312.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72E6
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(278, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(278, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(18.3%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.28, 49.09, -47.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.28, 68.36, 315.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% 0.1195 -0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.179 312)
XYZ	xyz(41.0368, 28.4400, 78.1753)
Luminance	0.2844 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72E6 #9CE672

analogous

#8272E6 #BC72E6 #E672D6

triadic

#BC72E6 #E6BC72 #72E6BC

tetradic

#BC72E6 #E68272 #9CE672 #72D6E6

square

#BC72E6 #E68272 #9CE672 #72D6E6

split-complementary

#BC72E6 #D6E672 #72E682

monochromatic

#8421BC #A33EDD #BC72E6 #D5A6EF #EDDAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#BC72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#BC72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72E6

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72E6	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#558DEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B885A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.179 312.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29dee',
    500: '#bc72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72e6;
$custom-light: #d29dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.276,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67806,
    "c": 0.17863,
    "h": 312
  },
  "luminance": 0.28439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72E6

secondary

#D5ECC8

accent

#D21459

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72E6

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

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