#BC35B3#BC35B3

#BC35B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.218 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35B3
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 66.78, -38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 77.06, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1902 -0.1059)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.218 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1488, 16.4946, 44.2350)
Luminance	0.1649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35B3 #35BC3E

analogous

#8235BC #BC35B3 #BC3570

triadic

#BC35B3 #B3BC35 #35B3BC

tetradic

#BC35B3 #BC8235 #35BC3E #3570BC

square

#BC35B3 #BC8235 #35BC3E #3570BC

split-complementary

#BC35B3 #70BC35 #35BC82

monochromatic

#5D1A58 #8C2886 #BC35B3 #D15DCA #DF8DD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC35B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC35B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35B3

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35B3	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2965B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34571

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.218 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479ca',
    500: '#bc35b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35b3;
$custom-light: #d479ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5771,
    "c": 0.21766,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35B3

secondary

#84C988

accent

#DF5348

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35B3

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

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