#BC35B1#BC35B1

#BC35B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.216 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35B1
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.51, 66.47, -37.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.51, 76.28, 330.62°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1901 -0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.216 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9480, 16.4143, 43.1774)
Luminance	0.1641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35B1 #35BC40

analogous

#8435BC #BC35B1 #BC356D

triadic

#BC35B1 #B1BC35 #35B1BC

tetradic

#BC35B1 #BC8435 #35BC40 #356DBC

square

#BC35B1 #BC8435 #35BC40 #356DBC

split-complementary

#BC35B1 #6DBC35 #35BC84

monochromatic

#5D1A57 #8C2884 #BC35B1 #D15DC8 #DF8DD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC35B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC35B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35B1

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35B1	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F77AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44470

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.216 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c9',
    500: '#bc35b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35b1;
$custom-light: #d479c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.889,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57603,
    "c": 0.21618,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35B1

secondary

#84C989

accent

#DF5548

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35B1

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

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