#BB72B4#BB72B4

#BB72B4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.126 H 330.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72B4
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 35%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(306, 39%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39%, 3.7%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.94, 38.82, -22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.94, 45.10, 329.40°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% 0.1095 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.126 330.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.7486, 25.8964, 46.3393)
Luminance	0.2590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72B4 #72BB79

analogous

#9E72BB #BB72B4 #BB7290

triadic

#BB72B4 #B4BB72 #72B4BB

tetradic

#BB72B4 #BB9E72 #72BB79 #7290BB

square

#BB72B4 #BB9E72 #72BB79 #7290BB

split-complementary

#BB72B4 #90BB72 #72BB9E

monochromatic

#783A73 #A24E9A #BB72B4 #CF9BCA #E3C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#BB72B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#BB72B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72B4

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72B4	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F85B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.126 330.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19cca',
    500: '#bb72b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72b4;
$custom-light: #d19cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.753,
    "s": 34.928,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.653,
    "c": 0.12593,
    "h": 330.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72B4

secondary

#B6D3B9

accent

#CB675D

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F9F2F8

border

#D2CCD1

text

#140E13

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72B4

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

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