#BC36B6#BC36B6

#BC36B6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.219 H 329.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B6
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 182)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 3.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.89, 66.92, -39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.89, 77.85, 329.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.96% 0.1893 -0.1097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.96% 0.219 329.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5015, 16.7094, 45.8657)
Luminance	0.1671 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B6 #36BC3C

analogous

#7F36BC #BC36B6 #BC3673

triadic

#BC36B6 #B6BC36 #36B6BC

tetradic

#BC36B6 #BC7F36 #36BC3C #3673BC

square

#BC36B6 #BC7F36 #36BC3C #3673BC

split-complementary

#BC36B6 #73BC36 #36BC7F

monochromatic

#5D1B5A #8C2888 #BC36B6 #D15ECC #DF8EDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC36B6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC36B6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B6

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B6	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2666BA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 182);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.219 329.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acc',
    500: '#bc36b6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b6;
$custom-light: #d47acc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 182
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.687,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57959,
    "c": 0.21881,
    "h": 329.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B6

secondary

#85C988

accent

#DF5049

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B6

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

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