#BC35C3#BC35C3

#BC35C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.230 H 325.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35C3
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 73%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 72.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 69.38, -46.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 83.46, 326.23°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% 0.1902 -0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.23 325.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.8618, 17.1798, 53.2570)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35C3 #3CC335

analogous

#7535C3 #BC35C3 #C33583

triadic

#BC35C3 #C3BC35 #35C3BC

tetradic

#BC35C3 #C37535 #3CC335 #3583C3

square

#BC35C3 #C37535 #3CC335 #3583C3

split-complementary

#BC35C3 #83C335 #35C375

monochromatic

#5F1B63 #8E2893 #BC35C3 #CE61D4 #DD91E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC35C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC35C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35C3

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35C3	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0768C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5579C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.230 325.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad6',
    500: '#bc35c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35c3;
$custom-light: #d47ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.042,
    "s": 57.258,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58613,
    "c": 0.22985,
    "h": 325.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35C3

secondary

#8BCC88

accent

#E1474F

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35C3

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

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