#BC35C9#BC35C9

#BC35C9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.235 H 324.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35C9
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 201)
HSL	hsl(295, 58%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 74%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.5%, 73.6%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 70.39, -49.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 85.95, 324.98°)
OKLab	oklab(58.97% 0.19 -0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(58.97% 0.235 324.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5539, 17.4567, 56.9018)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35C9 #42C935

analogous

#7235C9 #BC35C9 #C9358C

triadic

#BC35C9 #C9BC35 #35C9BC

tetradic

#BC35C9 #C97235 #42C935 #358CC9

square

#BC35C9 #C97235 #42C935 #358CC9

split-complementary

#BC35C9 #8CC935 #35C972

monochromatic

#611B68 #8F2899 #BC35C9 #CC65D6 #DC95E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC35C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC35C9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC35C9

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC35C9	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006ACD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5179C5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0507D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.235 324.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ada',
    500: '#bc35c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35c9;
$custom-light: #d47ada;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.73,
    "s": 58.268,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5897,
    "c": 0.23455,
    "h": 324.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35C9

secondary

#91CE8B

accent

#E14654

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFB

border

#D4C9D4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35C9

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

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