#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
RGBrgb(188, 54, 177)
HSLhsl(305, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.3%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(47.63, 66.13, -37.24)
CIE-LCHlch(47.63, 75.90, 330.61°)
OKLaboklab(57.69% 0.1891 -0.1025)
OKLCHoklch(57.69% 0.215 331.5)
XYZxyz(29.9940, 16.5064, 43.1928)
Luminance0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##BC36B11.004.884.304.88
#FFFFFF4.881.0021.001.00
#0000004.3021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.881.0021.001.00

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

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#BC36B1 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva