#bc72ea

Color #bc72ea

A vivid, highly saturated light purple.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 11.58 Nearest Tailwind class purple-400 #c27aff · ΔE 3.6

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Conversions

HEX

#bc72ea

RGB

rgb(188, 114, 234)

HSL

hsl(277, 74.1%, 68.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(277, 51.3%, 91.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(19.7%, 51.3%, 0%, 8.2%)

LAB

lab(60.49, 49.96, -49.47)

LCH

lch(60.49, 70.31, 315.28)

OKLCH

oklch(68%, 0.183, 310.92)

HWB

hwb(277, 44.7%, 8.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a0ea72

Analogous

#8072ea

#bc72ea

#ea72dc

Triadic

#bc72ea

#eabc72

#72eabc

Split-complementary

#bc72ea

#dcea72

#72ea80

Tetradic

#bc72ea

#ea72a0

#a0ea72

#72eabc

Square

#bc72ea

#ea8072

#a0ea72

#72dcea

Shades

Color #bc72ea mixed toward black.

#a43fe2

#881eca

#661797

#440f65

#220832

Tints

Color #bc72ea mixed toward white.

#c789ed

#d2a1f1

#ddb8f4

#e9d0f8

#f4e7fb

Tones

Color #bc72ea mixed toward gray.

#ba7ce0

#b786d6

#b590cc

#b39ac2

#b0a4b8

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

3.12:1

Aa Black text on this color

6.73:1

Black text reads better on this background (6.73:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#a1a1d5 · ΔE 16.6

Deuteranopia

#a5aacf · ΔE 19.4

Tritanopia

#b9c2bd · ΔE 31.9

Achromatopsia

#929292 · ΔE 27.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc72ea;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc72ea]

Related colors

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Dark Violet #9400d3

Blue Violet #8a2be2

Rebecca Purple #663399

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Frequently asked questions

#bc72ea (#bc72ea) is rgb(188, 114, 234) in RGB.

No, #bc72ea is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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