#BC35A8#BC35A8

#BC35A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.210 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35A8
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.06, 65.10, -32.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.06, 72.91, 333.24°)
OKLab	oklab(57.13% 0.1895 -0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(57.13% 0.21 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0803, 16.0672, 38.6079)
Luminance	0.1606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35A8 #35BC49

analogous

#8D35BC #BC35A8 #BC3564

triadic

#BC35A8 #A8BC35 #35A8BC

tetradic

#BC35A8 #BC8D35 #35BC49 #3564BC

square

#BC35A8 #BC8D35 #35BC49 #3564BC

split-complementary

#BC35A8 #64BC35 #35BC8D

monochromatic

#5D1A53 #8C287D #BC35A8 #D15DC0 #DF8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC35A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.21

#BC35A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35A8

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35A8	1.00	4.98	4.21	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5406B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.210 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c2',
    500: '#bc35a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35a8;
$custom-light: #d479c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57132,
    "c": 0.20965,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35A8

secondary

#84C98E

accent

#DF5F48

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35A8

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

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