#BC35A9#BC35A9

#BC35A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.210 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35A9
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 169)
HSL	hsl(308, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.11, 65.25, -33.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.11, 73.27, 332.93°)
OKLab	oklab(57.18% 0.1896 -0.0912)
OKLCH	oklch(57.18% 0.21 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1738, 16.1046, 39.1004)
Luminance	0.1610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35A9 #35BC48

analogous

#8B35BC #BC35A9 #BC3566

triadic

#BC35A9 #A9BC35 #35A9BC

tetradic

#BC35A9 #BC8B35 #35BC48 #3566BC

square

#BC35A9 #BC8B35 #35BC48 #3566BC

split-complementary

#BC35A9 #66BC35 #35BC8B

monochromatic

#5D1A53 #8C287E #BC35A9 #D15DC1 #DF8DD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC35A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC35A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35A9

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35A9	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3363AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5416B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.210 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c3',
    500: '#bc35a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35a9;
$custom-light: #d479c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.444,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57183,
    "c": 0.21036,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16102
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35A9

secondary

#84C98D

accent

#DF5E48

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35A9

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

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