#BC72D5#BC72D5

#BC72D5 is a light, vivid purple. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.160 H 317.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC72D5
RGB	rgb(188, 114, 213)
HSL	hsl(285, 54%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(285, 46%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.7%, 46.5%, 0%, 16.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, 45.53, -39.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 60.16, 319.17°)
OKLab	oklab(66.93% 0.1173 -0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(66.93% 0.16 317.1)
XYZ	xyz(38.7649, 27.5313, 66.2099)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC72D5 #8BD572

analogous

#8B72D5 #BC72D5 #D572BD

triadic

#BC72D5 #D5BC72 #72D5BC

tetradic

#BC72D5 #D58B72 #8BD572 #72BDD5

square

#BC72D5 #D58B72 #8BD572 #72BDD5

split-complementary

#BC72D5 #BDD572 #72D58B

monochromatic

#822F9E #A643C7 #BC72D5 #D2A1E3 #E9D0F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#BC72D5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#BC72D5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC72D5

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC72D5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC72D5	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)

#608AD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7592D2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB809A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc72d5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 114, 213);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.160 317.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d29ce2',
    500: '#bc72d5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc72d5;
$custom-light: #d29ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc72d5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 114,
    "b": 213
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 284.848,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66929,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 317.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC72D5

secondary

#C9E3C0

accent

#C2244C

background

#FDF9FD

surface

#FAF2FB

border

#D3CCD4

text

#140E15

muted

#837E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC72D5

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

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