#BC35B4#BC35B4

#BC35B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.218 H 330.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35B4
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 66.94, -38.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 77.45, 329.81°)
OKLab	oklab(57.77% 0.1902 -0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(57.77% 0.218 330.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.2503, 16.5352, 44.7695)
Luminance	0.1653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35B4 #35BC3D

analogous

#8135BC #BC35B4 #BC3570

triadic

#BC35B4 #B4BC35 #35B4BC

tetradic

#BC35B4 #BC8135 #35BC3D #3570BC

square

#BC35B4 #BC8135 #35BC3D #3570BC

split-complementary

#BC35B4 #70BC35 #35BC81

monochromatic

#5D1A59 #8C2886 #BC35B4 #D15DCA #DF8DDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC35B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC35B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35B4

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35B4	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2765B8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.218 330.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479cb',
    500: '#bc35b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35b4;
$custom-light: #d479cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.556,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57765,
    "c": 0.2184,
    "h": 330.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35B4

secondary

#84C988

accent

#DF5148

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35B4

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

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