#BC36B1#BC36B1

#BC36B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.215 H 331.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B1
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.63, 66.13, -37.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.63, 75.90, 330.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% 0.1891 -0.1025)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.215 331.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9940, 16.5064, 43.1928)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B1 #36BC41

analogous

#8436BC #BC36B1 #BC366E

triadic

#BC36B1 #B1BC36 #36B1BC

tetradic

#BC36B1 #BC8436 #36BC41 #366EBC

square

#BC36B1 #BC8436 #36BC41 #366EBC

split-complementary

#BC36B1 #6EBC36 #36BC84

monochromatic

#5D1B57 #8C2884 #BC36B1 #D15EC7 #DF8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC36B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC36B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B1

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B1	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.215 331.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac9',
    500: '#bc36b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b1;
$custom-light: #d47ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.925,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57688,
    "c": 0.21507,
    "h": 331.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B1

secondary

#85C98A

accent

#DF5549

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B1

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

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