#BC36B5#BC36B5

#BC36B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.218 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B5
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.84, 66.76, -39.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.84, 77.45, 329.54°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1893 -0.1083)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.218 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3986, 16.6682, 45.3233)
Luminance	0.1667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B5 #36BC3D

analogous

#8036BC #BC36B5 #BC3672

triadic

#BC36B5 #B5BC36 #36B5BC

tetradic

#BC36B5 #BC8036 #36BC3D #3672BC

square

#BC36B5 #BC8036 #36BC3D #3672BC

split-complementary

#BC36B5 #72BC36 #36BC80

monochromatic

#5D1B59 #8C2887 #BC36B5 #D15ECB #DF8EDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC36B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC36B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B5

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B5	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2766B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.218 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acb',
    500: '#bc36b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b5;
$custom-light: #d47acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.134,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57904,
    "c": 0.21805,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16666
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B5

secondary

#85C988

accent

#DF5149

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B5

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

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