#BC36B3#BC36B3

#BC36B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.217 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B3
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.73, 66.45, -38.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.73, 76.67, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% 0.1892 -0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.217 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1948, 16.5867, 44.2503)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B3 #36BC3F

analogous

#8236BC #BC36B3 #BC3670

triadic

#BC36B3 #B3BC36 #36B3BC

tetradic

#BC36B3 #BC8236 #36BC3F #3670BC

square

#BC36B3 #BC8236 #36BC3F #3670BC

split-complementary

#BC36B3 #70BC36 #36BC82

monochromatic

#5D1B58 #8C2886 #BC36B3 #D15EC9 #DF8ED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC36B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC36B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B3

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B3	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A65B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.217 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47aca',
    500: '#bc36b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b3;
$custom-light: #d47aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.03,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57795,
    "c": 0.21655,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16584
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B3

secondary

#85C989

accent

#DF5349

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B3

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

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