#BC36A6#BC36A6

#BC36A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.1% C 0.207 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36A6
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 166)
HSL	hsl(310, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.09, 64.46, -31.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.09, 71.79, 333.88°)
OKLab	oklab(57.12% 0.1883 -0.0862)
OKLCH	oklch(57.12% 0.207 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9415, 16.0854, 37.6495)
Luminance	0.1608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36A6 #36BC4C

analogous

#8F36BC #BC36A6 #BC3663

triadic

#BC36A6 #A6BC36 #36A6BC

tetradic

#BC36A6 #BC8F36 #36BC4C #3663BC

square

#BC36A6 #BC8F36 #36BC4C #3663BC

split-complementary

#BC36A6 #63BC36 #36BC8F

monochromatic

#5D1B52 #8C287C #BC36A6 #D15EBE #DF8ED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.98

#BC36A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC36A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36A6

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36A6	1.00	4.98	4.22	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3663A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5406A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.1% 0.207 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c1',
    500: '#bc36a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36a6;
$custom-light: #d479c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.851,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57117,
    "c": 0.20709,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36A6

secondary

#85C990

accent

#DF6249

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36A6

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

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