#BC36B4#BC36B4

#BC36B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.217 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B4
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 66.61, -38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 77.06, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% 0.1892 -0.1068)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.217 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2963, 16.6273, 44.7849)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B4 #36BC3E

analogous

#8136BC #BC36B4 #BC3671

triadic

#BC36B4 #B4BC36 #36B4BC

tetradic

#BC36B4 #BC8136 #36BC3E #3671BC

square

#BC36B4 #BC8136 #36BC3E #3671BC

split-complementary

#BC36B4 #71BC36 #36BC81

monochromatic

#5D1B59 #8C2886 #BC36B4 #D15ECA #DF8EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC36B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC36B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B4

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B4	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)

#2966B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.217 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acb',
    500: '#bc36b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b4;
$custom-light: #d47acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.582,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5785,
    "c": 0.2173,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B4

secondary

#85C989

accent

#DF5249

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B4

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

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