#BB72D8#BB72D8

#BB72D8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.163 H 315.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72D8
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 216)
HSL	hsl(283, 57%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 47.2%, 0%, 15.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, 45.86, -40.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 61.51, 318.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.97% 0.1166 -0.1137)
OKLCH	oklch(66.97% 0.163 315.7)
XYZ	xyz(38.9036, 27.5584, 68.2224)
Luminance	0.2756 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72D8 #8FD872

analogous

#8872D8 #BB72D8 #D872C2

triadic

#BB72D8 #D8BB72 #72D8BB

tetradic

#BB72D8 #D88872 #8FD872 #72C2D8

square

#BB72D8 #D88872 #8FD872 #72C2D8

split-complementary

#BB72D8 #C2D872 #72D888

monochromatic

#812DA3 #A442CB #BB72D8 #D2A2E5 #E9D2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BB72D8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BB72D8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72D8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72D8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72D8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E8BDC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7391D5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72d8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 216);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.163 315.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ce4',
    500: '#bb72d8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72d8;
$custom-light: #d19ce4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72d8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 216
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.941,
    "s": 56.667,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66968,
    "c": 0.16288,
    "h": 315.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72D8

secondary

#CBE4C1

accent

#C42150

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E15

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72D8

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

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