#BC36B8#BC36B8

#BC36B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.220 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B8
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 67.24, -40.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 78.64, 328.77°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1893 -0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.22 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7097, 16.7927, 46.9620)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B8 #36BC3A

analogous

#7D36BC #BC36B8 #BC3675

triadic

#BC36B8 #B8BC36 #36B8BC

tetradic

#BC36B8 #BC7D36 #36BC3A #3675BC

square

#BC36B8 #BC7D36 #36BC3A #3675BC

split-complementary

#BC36B8 #75BC36 #36BC7D

monochromatic

#5D1B5B #8C2889 #BC36B8 #D15ECD #DF8EDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC36B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC36B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B8

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B8	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2366BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34874

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.220 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ace',
    500: '#bc36b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b8;
$custom-light: #d47ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.791,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58069,
    "c": 0.22032,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B8

secondary

#85C987

accent

#DF4E49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B8

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

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