#BC36AD#BC36AD

#BC36AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.212 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36AD
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.43, 65.51, -35.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.43, 74.38, 331.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.48% 0.1889 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(57.48% 0.212 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6012, 16.3493, 41.1238)
Luminance	0.1635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36AD #36BC45

analogous

#8836BC #BC36AD #BC366A

triadic

#BC36AD #ADBC36 #36ADBC

tetradic

#BC36AD #BC8836 #36BC45 #366ABC

square

#BC36AD #BC8836 #36BC45 #366ABC

split-complementary

#BC36AD #6ABC36 #36BC88

monochromatic

#5D1B55 #8C2881 #BC36AD #D15EC4 #DF8ED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC36AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC36AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36AD

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36AD	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3064B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6277AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4436E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.212 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d479c6',
    500: '#bc36ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36ad;
$custom-light: #d479c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.716,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57476,
    "c": 0.21212,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36AD

secondary

#85C98C

accent

#DF5A49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36AD

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

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