#BC35C5#BC35C5

#BC35C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.231 H 325.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35C5
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 73.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 69.71, -47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 84.29, 325.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% 0.1902 -0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.231 325.3)
XYZ	xyz(32.0894, 17.2709, 54.4559)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35C5 #3EC535

analogous

#7435C5 #BC35C5 #C53586

triadic

#BC35C5 #C5BC35 #35C5BC

tetradic

#BC35C5 #C57435 #3EC535 #3586C5

square

#BC35C5 #C57435 #3EC535 #3586C5

split-complementary

#BC35C5 #86C535 #35C574

monochromatic

#601B65 #8E2895 #BC35C5 #CE62D5 #DD93E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC35C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC35C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35C5

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35C5	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5479C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.231 325.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad7',
    500: '#bc35c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35c5;
$custom-light: #d47ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.25,
    "s": 57.6,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58731,
    "c": 0.23141,
    "h": 325.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35C5

secondary

#8DCD89

accent

#E14751

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35C5

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

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