#bc72e7

Color #bc72e7

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.84 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 4

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Conversions

HEX

#bc72e7

RGB

rgb(188, 114, 231)

HSL

hsl(277.9, 70.9%, 67.6%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277.9, 50.6%, 90.6%)

CMYK

cmyk(18.6%, 50.6%, 0%, 9.4%)

LAB

lab(60.33, 49.31, -48.04)

LCH

lch(60.33, 68.84, 315.75)

OKLCH

oklch(67.9%, 0.1798, 311.71)

HWB

hwb(277.9, 44.7%, 9.4%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#9de772

Analogous

#8172e7

#bc72e7

#e772d8

Triadic

#bc72e7

#e7bc72

#72e7bc

Split-complementary

#bc72e7

#d8e772

#72e781

Tetradic

#bc72e7

#e7729d

#9de772

#72e7bc

Square

#bc72e7

#e78172

#9de772

#72d8e7

Shades

Color #bc72e7 mixed toward black.

#a441df

#8821c4

#661993

#441162

#220831

Tints

Color #bc72e7 mixed toward white.

#c789eb

#d2a1ef

#ddb8f3

#e9d0f7

#f4e7fb

Tones

Color #bc72e7 mixed toward gray.

#b97cdd

#b785d3

#b48fca

#b299c0

#afa3b6

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.13:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.7:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.7:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1d2 · ΔE 16.8

Deuteranopia

#a5aacd · ΔE 19.5

Tritanopia

#b9c0bb · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#919191 · ΔE 27.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc72e7;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc72e7]

Related colors

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc72e7 (#bc72e7) is rgb(188, 114, 231) in RGB.

No, #bc72e7 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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