#BC36A9#BC36A9

#BC36A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.209 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36A9
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.23, 64.91, -33.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.23, 72.88, 332.94°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% 0.1886 -0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.209 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2199, 16.1968, 39.1158)
Luminance	0.1619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36A9 #36BC49

analogous

#8C36BC #BC36A9 #BC3666

triadic

#BC36A9 #A9BC36 #36A9BC

tetradic

#BC36A9 #BC8C36 #36BC49 #3666BC

square

#BC36A9 #BC8C36 #36BC49 #3666BC

split-complementary

#BC36A9 #66BC36 #36BC8C

monochromatic

#5D1B54 #8C287E #BC36A9 #D15EC1 #DF8ED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC36A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC36A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36A9

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36A9	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3463AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5416B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.209 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c3',
    500: '#bc36a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36a9;
$custom-light: #d479c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.507,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57269,
    "c": 0.20923,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36A9

secondary

#85C98E

accent

#DF5E49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36A9

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

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