#BB72D7#BB72D7

#BB72D7 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.162 H 316.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72D7
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 215)
HSL	hsl(283, 56%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(13%, 47%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 45.65, -40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 61.03, 318.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% 0.1164 -0.1123)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.162 316)
XYZ	xyz(38.7747, 27.5068, 67.5436)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72D7 #8ED772

analogous

#8972D7 #BB72D7 #D772C1

triadic

#BB72D7 #D7BB72 #72D7BB

tetradic

#BB72D7 #D78972 #8ED772 #72C1D7

square

#BB72D7 #D78972 #8ED772 #72C1D7

split-complementary

#BB72D7 #C1D772 #72D789

monochromatic

#812EA1 #A442C9 #BB72D7 #D2A2E5 #E9D1F2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB72D7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#BB72D7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72D7

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72D7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72D7	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F8BDB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA819A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72d7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.162 316.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ce4',
    500: '#bb72d7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72d7;
$custom-light: #d19ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72d7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 283.366,
    "s": 55.801,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66917,
    "c": 0.16179,
    "h": 316
  },
  "luminance": 0.27506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72D7

secondary

#CBE4C1

accent

#C3224F

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72D7

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

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