#B72CA5#B72CA5

#B72CA5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.146; OKLCH L 55.5% C 0.214 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72CA5
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 165)
HSL	hsl(308, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(308, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 9.8%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.06, 66.37, -34.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.06, 74.69, 332.71°)
OKLab	oklab(55.48% 0.1927 -0.0939)
OKLCH	oklch(55.48% 0.214 334)
XYZ	xyz(27.2209, 14.5876, 36.9721)
Luminance	0.1459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72CA5 #2CB73E

analogous

#842CB7 #B72CA5 #B72C60

triadic

#B72CA5 #A5B72C #2CA5B7

tetradic

#B72CA5 #B7842C #2CB73E #2C60B7

square

#B72CA5 #B7842C #2CB73E #2C60B7

split-complementary

#B72CA5 #60B72C #2CB784

monochromatic

#54144C #862079 #B72CA5 #D44CC2 #E07ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.36

#B72CA5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.92

#B72CA5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72CA5

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72CA5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72CA5	1.00	5.36	3.92	5.36
#FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#285EA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D72A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C03A66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72ca5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.5% 0.214 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d174c0',
    500: '#b72ca5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72ca5;
$custom-light: #d174c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72ca5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.77,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55484,
    "c": 0.21435,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.14585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72CA5

secondary

#76C881

accent

#E45843

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FAEEF7

border

#D3C9D0

text

#140912

muted

#837B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72CA5

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

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