#BC36B2#BC36B2

#BC36B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.216 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B2
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 178)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 66.29, -37.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 76.29, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% 0.1891 -0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.216 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.0941, 16.5464, 43.7196)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B2 #36BC40

analogous

#8336BC #BC36B2 #BC366F

triadic

#BC36B2 #B2BC36 #36B2BC

tetradic

#BC36B2 #BC8336 #36BC40 #366FBC

square

#BC36B2 #BC8336 #36BC40 #366FBC

split-complementary

#BC36B2 #6FBC36 #36BC83

monochromatic

#5D1B58 #8C2885 #BC36B2 #D15EC8 #DF8ED8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC36B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC36B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B2

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B2	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B65B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.216 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac9',
    500: '#bc36b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b2;
$custom-light: #d47ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.478,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57742,
    "c": 0.21581,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B2

secondary

#85C98A

accent

#DF5449

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B2

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

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