#BC36B9#BC36B9

#BC36B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.221 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36B9
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.05, 67.40, -41.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.05, 79.03, 328.52°)
OKLab	oklab(58.13% 0.1894 -0.1141)
OKLCH	oklch(58.13% 0.221 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8149, 16.8348, 47.5160)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36B9 #36BC39

analogous

#7C36BC #BC36B9 #BC3676

triadic

#BC36B9 #B9BC36 #36B9BC

tetradic

#BC36B9 #BC7C36 #36BC39 #3676BC

square

#BC36B9 #BC7C36 #36BC39 #3676BC

split-complementary

#BC36B9 #76BC36 #36BC7C

monochromatic

#5D1B5B #8C288A #BC36B9 #D15ECE #DF8EDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC36B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC36B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36B9

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36B9	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2267BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C78B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.221 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ace',
    500: '#bc36b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36b9;
$custom-light: #d47ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.343,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58125,
    "c": 0.22108,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36B9

secondary

#85C986

accent

#DF4C49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36B9

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

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