#BC72C8#BC72C8

#BC72C8 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.146 H 321.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72C8
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 200)
HSL	hsl(292, 44%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(292, 43%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(6%, 43%, 0%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 42.92, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 54.08, 322.53°)
OKLab	oklab(66.3% 0.1151 -0.0904)
OKLCH	oklch(66.3% 0.146 321.8)
XYZ	xyz(37.1805, 26.8975, 57.8656)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72C8 #7EC872

analogous

#9172C8 #BC72C8 #C872A9

triadic

#BC72C8 #C8BC72 #72C8BC

tetradic

#BC72C8 #C89172 #7EC872 #72A9C8

square

#BC72C8 #C89172 #7EC872 #72A9C8

split-complementary

#BC72C8 #A9C872 #72C891

monochromatic

#7E368A #A647B6 #BC72C8 #D19ED9 #E6CAEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#BC72C8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#BC72C8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72C8

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72C8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72C8	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6788CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B91C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BE7C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72c8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 200);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.146 321.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29cd9',
    500: '#bc72c8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72c8;
$custom-light: #d29cd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72c8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 200
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 291.628,
    "s": 43.878,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66302,
    "c": 0.14638,
    "h": 321.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72C8

secondary

#BFDBBB

accent

#B72E42

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FA

border

#D3CCD3

text

#140E14

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72C8

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

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