#BC36AA#BC36AA

#BC36AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.210 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36AA
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.28, 65.06, -33.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.28, 73.25, 332.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1886 -0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.21 334)
XYZ	xyz(29.3141, 16.2345, 39.6121)
Luminance	0.1623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36AA #36BC48

analogous

#8B36BC #BC36AA #BC3667

triadic

#BC36AA #AABC36 #36AABC

tetradic

#BC36AA #BC8B36 #36BC48 #3667BC

square

#BC36AA #BC8B36 #36BC48 #3667BC

split-complementary

#BC36AA #67BC36 #36BC8B

monochromatic

#5D1B54 #8C287F #BC36AA #D15EC1 #DF8ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC36AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC36AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36AA

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36AA	1.00	4.95	4.25	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3364AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5426C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.210 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c3',
    500: '#bc36aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36aa;
$custom-light: #d479c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.06,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57321,
    "c": 0.20994,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.16232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36AA

secondary

#85C98E

accent

#DF5D49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36AA

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

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