#BC36B7#BC36B7

#BC36B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.220 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B7
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.94, 67.08, -40.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.94, 78.24, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.01% 0.1893 -0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(58.01% 0.22 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6052, 16.7509, 46.4119)
Luminance	0.1675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B7 #36BC3B

analogous

#7E36BC #BC36B7 #BC3674

triadic

#BC36B7 #B7BC36 #36B7BC

tetradic

#BC36B7 #BC7E36 #36BC3B #3674BC

square

#BC36B7 #BC7E36 #36BC3B #3674BC

split-complementary

#BC36B7 #74BC36 #36BC7E

monochromatic

#5D1B5A #8C2889 #BC36B7 #D15ECD #DF8EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC36B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC36B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B7

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B7	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2566BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.220 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acd',
    500: '#bc36b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b7;
$custom-light: #d47acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.239,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58014,
    "c": 0.21956,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B7

secondary

#85C987

accent

#DF4F49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B7

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

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