#BB72D6#BB72D6

#BB72D6 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.161 H 316.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72D6
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 214)
HSL	hsl(284, 55%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(284, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(12.6%, 46.7%, 0%, 16.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, 45.45, -40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 60.55, 318.64°)
OKLab	oklab(66.87% 0.1163 -0.1109)
OKLCH	oklch(66.87% 0.161 316.4)
XYZ	xyz(38.6466, 27.4556, 66.8690)
Luminance	0.2745 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72D6 #8DD672

analogous

#8972D6 #BB72D6 #D672BF

triadic

#BB72D6 #D6BB72 #72D6BB

tetradic

#BB72D6 #D68972 #8DD672 #72BFD6

square

#BB72D6 #D68972 #8DD672 #72BFD6

split-complementary

#BB72D6 #BFD672 #72D689

monochromatic

#812E9F #A443C8 #BB72D6 #D2A1E4 #E9D1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#BB72D6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#BB72D6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72D6

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72D6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72D6	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8AD9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7491D3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72d6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 214);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.161 316.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ce3',
    500: '#bb72d6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72d6;
$custom-light: #d19ce3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72d6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 214
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.8,
    "s": 54.945,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66867,
    "c": 0.16071,
    "h": 316.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72D6

secondary

#CAE3C1

accent

#C2234E

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72D6

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

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