#BB72D3#BB72D3

#BB72D3 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.157 H 317.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72D3
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 211)
HSL	hsl(285, 52%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 46%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.4%, 46%, 0%, 17.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, 44.83, -38.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 59.12, 319.31°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% 0.1158 -0.1067)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.157 317.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.2670, 27.3038, 64.8697)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72D3 #8AD372

analogous

#8A72D3 #BB72D3 #D372BA

triadic

#BB72D3 #D3BB72 #72D3BB

tetradic

#BB72D3 #D38A72 #8AD372 #72BAD3

square

#BB72D3 #D38A72 #8AD372 #72BAD3

split-complementary

#BB72D3 #BAD372 #72D38A

monochromatic

#80309A #A543C4 #BB72D3 #D1A1E2 #E8CFF0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#BB72D3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#BB72D3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72D3

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72D3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72D3	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#618AD6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7591D0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB7F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72d3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 211);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.157 317.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ce1',
    500: '#bb72d3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72d3;
$custom-light: #d19ce1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72d3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 211
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 285.155,
    "s": 52.432,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66718,
    "c": 0.15747,
    "h": 317.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72D3

secondary

#C8E2BF

accent

#C0264C

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72D3

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

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