#BB72D9#BB72D9

#BB72D9 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.164 H 315.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB72D9
RGB	rgb(187, 114, 217)
HSL	hsl(283, 58%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(283, 47%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 47.5%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.53, 46.07, -41.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.53, 61.99, 318.00°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% 0.1167 -0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.164 315.4)
XYZ	xyz(39.0333, 27.6103, 68.9053)
Luminance	0.2761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB72D9 #90D972

analogous

#8772D9 #BB72D9 #D972C4

triadic

#BB72D9 #D9BB72 #72D9BB

tetradic

#BB72D9 #D98772 #90D972 #72C4D9

square

#BB72D9 #D98772 #90D972 #72C4D9

split-complementary

#BB72D9 #C4D972 #72D987

monochromatic

#812CA4 #A442CC #BB72D9 #D2A2E6 #E9D2F3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#BB72D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#BB72D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB72D9

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB72D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB72D9	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D8BDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7291D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9819B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb72d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 114, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.164 315.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19ce5',
    500: '#bb72d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb72d9;
$custom-light: #d19ce5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb72d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 282.524,
    "s": 57.542,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67018,
    "c": 0.16397,
    "h": 315.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB72D9

secondary

#CCE5C2

accent

#C52050

background

#FDF9FE

surface

#FAF2FC

border

#D3CCD5

text

#140E16

muted

#837E84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB72D9

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

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