#BC35B0#BC35B0

#BC35B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.215 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35B0
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.46, 66.32, -36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.46, 75.90, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.55% 0.19 -0.1015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.55% 0.215 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8487, 16.3746, 42.6544)
Luminance	0.1637 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35B0 #35BC41

analogous

#8435BC #BC35B0 #BC356D

triadic

#BC35B0 #B0BC35 #35B0BC

tetradic

#BC35B0 #BC8435 #35BC41 #356DBC

square

#BC35B0 #BC8435 #35BC41 #356DBC

split-complementary

#BC35B0 #6DBC35 #35BC84

monochromatic

#5D1A57 #8C2883 #BC35B0 #D15DC7 #DF8DD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC35B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC35B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35B0

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35B0	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C64B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6077AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4446F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.215 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c8',
    500: '#bc35b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35b0;
$custom-light: #d479c8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.333,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57549,
    "c": 0.21544,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35B0

secondary

#84C98A

accent

#DF5648

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35B0

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

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