#BC36AF#BC36AF

#BC36AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.214 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36AF
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 175)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 65.82, -36.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 75.13, 331.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.58% 0.189 -0.0995)
OKLCH	oklch(57.58% 0.214 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7961, 16.4273, 42.1506)
Luminance	0.1643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36AF #36BC43

analogous

#8636BC #BC36AF #BC366C

triadic

#BC36AF #AFBC36 #36AFBC

tetradic

#BC36AF #BC8636 #36BC43 #366CBC

square

#BC36AF #BC8636 #36BC43 #366CBC

split-complementary

#BC36AF #6CBC36 #36BC86

monochromatic

#5D1B56 #8C2883 #BC36AF #D15EC6 #DF8ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC36AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC36AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36AF

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36AF	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E65B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6177AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4446F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.214 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac7',
    500: '#bc36af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36af;
$custom-light: #d47ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.821,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57582,
    "c": 0.21358,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16425
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36AF

secondary

#85C98B

accent

#DF5849

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36AF

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

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