#B72CB5#B72CB5

#B72CB5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.152; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.226 H 328.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B72CB5
RGB	rgb(183, 44, 181)
HSL	hsl(301, 61%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(301, 76%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76%, 1.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.92, 68.83, -42.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.92, 80.82, 328.39°)
OKLab	oklab(56.37% 0.193 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(56.37% 0.226 328.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.7693, 15.2070, 45.1271)
Luminance	0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B72CB5 #2CB72E

analogous

#732CB7 #B72CB5 #B72C70

triadic

#B72CB5 #B5B72C #2CB5B7

tetradic

#B72CB5 #B7732C #2CB72E #2C70B7

square

#B72CB5 #B7732C #2CB72E #2C70B7

split-complementary

#B72CB5 #70B72C #2CB773

monochromatic

#541453 #862084 #B72CB5 #D44CD2 #E07EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.20

#B72CB5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.04

#B72CB5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B72CB5

5.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B72CB5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B72CB5	1.00	5.20	4.04	5.20
#FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0D61B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5573B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD426F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b72cb5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(183, 44, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.226 328.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d175cc',
    500: '#b72cb5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b72cb5;
$custom-light: #d175cc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b72cb5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 183,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.863,
    "s": 61.233,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5637,
    "c": 0.2259,
    "h": 328.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.15205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B72CB5

secondary

#76C878

accent

#E44643

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FAEEF9

border

#D3C9D2

text

#140913

muted

#837B82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B72CB5

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

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