#BC35D9#BC35D9

#BC35D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.247 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC35D9
RGB	rgb(188, 53, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 76%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 75.6%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.80, 73.18, -56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.80, 92.73, 322.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% 0.1887 -0.1598)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.247 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5349, 18.2491, 67.3355)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC35D9 #52D935

analogous

#6A35D9 #BC35D9 #D935A4

triadic

#BC35D9 #D9BC35 #35D9BC

tetradic

#BC35D9 #D96A35 #52D935 #35A4D9

square

#BC35D9 #D96A35 #52D935 #35A4D9

split-complementary

#BC35D9 #A4D935 #35D96A

monochromatic

#6A177C #9721B0 #BC35D9 #CD69E3 #DE9CEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#BC35D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC35D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC35D9

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC35D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC35D9	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5786

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc35d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 53, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.247 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57be5',
    500: '#bc35d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc35d9;
$custom-light: #d57be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc35d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.39,
    "s": 68.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59966,
    "c": 0.24732,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC35D9

secondary

#9ED891

accent

#EB3D5B

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC35D9

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

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