#BC35C6#BC35C6

#BC35C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.232 H 325.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35C6
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 58%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 73.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 69.88, -47.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 84.70, 325.59°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% 0.1901 -0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.232 325)
XYZ	xyz(32.2044, 17.3169, 55.0614)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35C6 #3FC635

analogous

#7435C6 #BC35C6 #C63588

triadic

#BC35C6 #C6BC35 #35C6BC

tetradic

#BC35C6 #C67435 #3FC635 #3588C6

square

#BC35C6 #C67435 #3FC635 #3588C6

split-complementary

#BC35C6 #88C635 #35C674

monochromatic

#601B65 #8E2896 #BC35C6 #CD63D5 #DD93E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC35C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC35C6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35C6

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35C6	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0069CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5379C3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04E7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.232 325.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad8',
    500: '#bc35c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35c6;
$custom-light: #d47ad8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.862,
    "s": 57.769,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58791,
    "c": 0.23219,
    "h": 325
  },
  "luminance": 0.17315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35C6

secondary

#8ECD8A

accent

#E14751

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35C6

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

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