#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
RGBrgb(183, 44, 181)
HSLhsl(301, 61%, 45%)
HSVhsv(301, 76%, 72%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 76%, 1.1%, 28.2%)
CIE-LABlab(45.92, 68.83, -42.36)
CIE-LCHlch(45.92, 80.82, 328.39°)
OKLaboklab(56.37% 0.193 -0.1173)
OKLCHoklch(56.37% 0.226 328.7)
XYZxyz(28.7693, 15.2070, 45.1271)
Luminance0.1520 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

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
##B72CB51.005.204.045.20
#FFFFFF5.201.0021.001.00
#0000004.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.201.0021.001.00

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

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#B72CB5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva