#BD72E6#BD72E6

#BD72E6 is a light, vivid violet. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.179 H 312.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD72E6
RGB	rgb(189, 114, 230)
HSL	hsl(279, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(279, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(17.8%, 50.4%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.40, 49.36, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.40, 68.42, 316.17°)
OKLab	oklab(67.92% 0.1207 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(67.92% 0.179 312.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2840, 28.5675, 78.1869)
Luminance	0.2857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD72E6 #9BE672

analogous

#8372E6 #BD72E6 #E672D5

triadic

#BD72E6 #E6BD72 #72E6BD

tetradic

#BD72E6 #E68372 #9BE672 #72D5E6

square

#BD72E6 #E68372 #9BE672 #72D5E6

split-complementary

#BD72E6 #D5E672 #72E683

monochromatic

#8521BC #A53EDD #BD72E6 #D5A6EF #EEDAF8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.13

#BD72E6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.71

#BD72E6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BD72E6

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD72E6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BD72E6	1.00	3.13	6.71	6.71
#FFFFFF	3.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#568EEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C93E3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B985A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd72e6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 114, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.179 312.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d39dee',
    500: '#bd72e6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd72e6;
$custom-light: #d39dee;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd72e6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 278.793,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67916,
    "c": 0.17901,
    "h": 312.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD72E6

secondary

#D5ECC8

accent

#D21457

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FD

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD72E6

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

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