#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
RGBrgb(188, 54, 184)
HSLhsl(302, 55%, 47%)
HSVhsv(302, 71%, 74%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 71.3%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LABlab(48.00, 67.24, -40.77)
CIE-LCHlch(48.00, 78.64, 328.77°)
OKLaboklab(58.07% 0.1893 -0.1126)
OKLCHoklch(58.07% 0.22 329.2)
XYZxyz(30.7097, 16.7927, 46.9620)
Luminance0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BC36B81.004.824.364.82
#FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00
#0000004.3621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.821.0021.001.00

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

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#BC36B8 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva