#BC72B4#BC72B4

#BC72B4 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.127 H 330.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72B4
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 180)
HSL	hsl(306, 36%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(306, 39%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 39.4%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.06, 39.14, -22.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.06, 45.28, 329.82°)
OKLab	oklab(65.42% 0.1107 -0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(65.42% 0.127 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.9942, 26.0230, 46.3508)
Luminance	0.2602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72B4 #72BC7A

analogous

#9F72BC #BC72B4 #BC728F

triadic

#BC72B4 #B4BC72 #72B4BC

tetradic

#BC72B4 #BC9F72 #72BC7A #728FBC

square

#BC72B4 #BC9F72 #72BC7A #728FBC

split-complementary

#BC72B4 #8FBC72 #72BC9F

monochromatic

#7A3A73 #A34E9A #BC72B4 #D09BCA #E3C5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#BC72B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#BC72B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72B4

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72B4	1.00	3.38	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F85B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838FB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C2778B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.127 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d19cca',
    500: '#bc72b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72b4;
$custom-light: #d19cca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.486,
    "s": 35.577,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65417,
    "c": 0.12668,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72B4

secondary

#B6D3BA

accent

#CC685C

background

#FDF9FC

surface

#FAF2F8

border

#D3CCD1

text

#140E13

muted

#837E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72B4

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

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