#BC36AB#BC36AB

#BC36AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.211 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36AB
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 171)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.33, 65.21, -34.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.33, 73.63, 332.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.37% 0.1887 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(57.37% 0.211 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4091, 16.2724, 40.1122)
Luminance	0.1627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36AB #36BC47

analogous

#8A36BC #BC36AB #BC3668

triadic

#BC36AB #ABBC36 #36ABBC

tetradic

#BC36AB #BC8A36 #36BC47 #3668BC

square

#BC36AB #BC8A36 #36BC47 #3668BC

split-complementary

#BC36AB #68BC36 #36BC8A

monochromatic

#5D1B55 #8C2880 #BC36AB #D15EC2 #DF8ED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC36AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC36AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36AB

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36AB	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3264AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5426D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.211 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c4',
    500: '#bc36ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36ab;
$custom-light: #d479c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.612,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57372,
    "c": 0.21067,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36AB

secondary

#85C98D

accent

#DF5C49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36AB

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

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