#BB72D5#BB72D5

#BB72D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.160 H 316.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72D5
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 213)
HSL	hsl(284, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.2%, 46.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, 45.24, -39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 60.07, 318.86°)
OKLab	oklab(66.82% 0.1162 -0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(66.82% 0.16 316.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.5193, 27.4047, 66.1984)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72D5 #8CD572

analogous

#8A72D5 #BB72D5 #D572BE

triadic

#BB72D5 #D5BB72 #72D5BB

tetradic

#BB72D5 #D58A72 #8CD572 #72BED5

square

#BB72D5 #D58A72 #8CD572 #72BED5

split-complementary

#BB72D5 #BED572 #72D58A

monochromatic

#812F9E #A443C7 #BB72D5 #D2A1E3 #E8D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB72D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#BB72D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72D5

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72D5	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#608AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7491D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.160 316.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ce2',
    500: '#bb72d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72d5;
$custom-light: #d19ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.242,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66817,
    "c": 0.15963,
    "h": 316.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72D5

secondary

#C9E3C0

accent

#C2244D

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72D5

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

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