#BC36B0#BC36B0

#BC36B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.214 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B0
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.58, 65.98, -36.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.58, 75.52, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% 0.189 -0.101)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.214 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8947, 16.4667, 42.6698)
Luminance	0.1646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B0 #36BC42

analogous

#8536BC #BC36B0 #BC366D

triadic

#BC36B0 #B0BC36 #36B0BC

tetradic

#BC36B0 #BC8536 #36BC42 #366DBC

square

#BC36B0 #BC8536 #36BC42 #366DBC

split-complementary

#BC36B0 #6DBC36 #36BC85

monochromatic

#5D1B57 #8C2883 #BC36B0 #D15EC7 #DF8ED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC36B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC36B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B0

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B0	1.00	4.89	4.29	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.214 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac8',
    500: '#bc36b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b0;
$custom-light: #d47ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.373,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57635,
    "c": 0.21432,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B0

secondary

#85C98B

accent

#DF5749

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B0

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

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