#BC35B5#BC35B5

#BC35B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.219 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35B5
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 56%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 72%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.8%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 67.10, -39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 77.84, 329.55°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% 0.1902 -0.1088)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.219 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3525, 16.5761, 45.3080)
Luminance	0.1657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35B5 #35BC3C

analogous

#8035BC #BC35B5 #BC3572

triadic

#BC35B5 #B5BC35 #35B5BC

tetradic

#BC35B5 #BC8035 #35BC3C #3572BC

square

#BC35B5 #BC8035 #35BC3C #3572BC

split-complementary

#BC35B5 #72BC35 #35BC80

monochromatic

#5D1A59 #8C2887 #BC35B5 #D15DCB #DF8DDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC35B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC35B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35B5

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35B5	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2665B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34672

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.219 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479cb',
    500: '#bc35b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35b5;
$custom-light: #d479cb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.111,
    "s": 56.017,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57819,
    "c": 0.21915,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35B5

secondary

#84C987

accent

#DF5048

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35B5

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

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