#BC36A8#BC36A8

#BC36A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.209 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36A8
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.18, 64.76, -32.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.18, 72.52, 333.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.22% 0.1885 -0.0892)
OKLCH	oklch(57.22% 0.209 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1264, 16.1594, 38.6233)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36A8 #36BC4A

analogous

#8D36BC #BC36A8 #BC3665

triadic

#BC36A8 #A8BC36 #36A8BC

tetradic

#BC36A8 #BC8D36 #36BC4A #3665BC

square

#BC36A8 #BC8D36 #36BC4A #3665BC

split-complementary

#BC36A8 #65BC36 #36BC8D

monochromatic

#5D1B53 #8C287E #BC36A8 #D15EC0 #DF8ED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC36A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#BC36A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36A8

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36A8	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3563AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5416B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.209 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c2',
    500: '#bc36a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36a8;
$custom-light: #d479c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.955,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57218,
    "c": 0.20851,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36A8

secondary

#85C98F

accent

#DF5F49

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36A8

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

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