#BC36BB#BC36BB

#BC36BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.223 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36BB
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.16, 67.73, -42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.16, 79.83, 328.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% 0.1894 -0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.223 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.0275, 16.9198, 48.6357)
Luminance	0.1692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36BB #36BC37

analogous

#7A36BC #BC36BB #BC3678

triadic

#BC36BB #BBBC36 #36BBBC

tetradic

#BC36BB #BC7A36 #36BC37 #3678BC

square

#BC36BB #BC7A36 #36BC37 #3678BC

split-complementary

#BC36BB #78BC36 #36BC7A

monochromatic

#5D1B5C #8C288C #BC36BB #D15ED0 #DF8EDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC36BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC36BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36BB

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36BB	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F67BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24A75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.223 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad0',
    500: '#bc36bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36bb;
$custom-light: #d47ad0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.448,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58237,
    "c": 0.2226,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36BB

secondary

#85C985

accent

#DF4A49

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36BB

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

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