#BC36A7#BC36A7

#BC36A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.161; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.208 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36A7
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 167)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.13, 64.61, -32.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.13, 72.15, 333.56°)
OKLab	oklab(57.17% 0.1884 -0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(57.17% 0.208 335)
XYZ	xyz(29.0336, 16.1222, 38.1345)
Luminance	0.1612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36A7 #36BC4B

analogous

#8E36BC #BC36A7 #BC3664

triadic

#BC36A7 #A7BC36 #36A7BC

tetradic

#BC36A7 #BC8E36 #36BC4B #3664BC

square

#BC36A7 #BC8E36 #36BC4B #3664BC

split-complementary

#BC36A7 #64BC36 #36BC8E

monochromatic

#5D1B53 #8C287D #BC36A7 #D15EBF #DF8ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.97

#BC36A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.22

#BC36A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36A7

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36A7	1.00	4.97	4.22	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3663AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5406A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.208 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c1',
    500: '#bc36a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36a7;
$custom-light: #d479c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.403,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57168,
    "c": 0.2078,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.1612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36A7

secondary

#85C98F

accent

#DF6149

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36A7

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

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