#BC35BE#BC35BE

#BC35BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.226 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35BE
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 72.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 68.55, -43.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 81.42, 327.34°)
OKLab	oklab(58.32% 0.1903 -0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.32% 0.226 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3059, 16.9575, 50.3295)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35BE #37BE35

analogous

#7735BE #BC35BE #BE357C

triadic

#BC35BE #BEBC35 #35BEBC

tetradic

#BC35BE #BE7735 #37BE35 #357CBE

square

#BC35BE #BE7735 #37BE35 #357CBE

split-complementary

#BC35BE #7CBE35 #35BE77

monochromatic

#5D1A5E #8D288E #BC35BE #D05ED2 #DE8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC35BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC35BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35BE

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35BE	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1767C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5878BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.226 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad2',
    500: '#bc35be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35be;
$custom-light: #d47ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.124,
    "s": 56.379,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58324,
    "c": 0.22598,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35BE

secondary

#86CA85

accent

#E0484A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35BE

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

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