#BC36BC#BC36BC

#BC36BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.223 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36BC
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, 67.89, -42.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 80.24, 327.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.29% 0.1894 -0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.29% 0.223 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.1349, 16.9628, 49.2015)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36BC #36BC36

analogous

#7936BC #BC36BC #BC3679

triadic

#BC36BC #BCBC36 #36BCBC

tetradic

#BC36BC #BC7936 #36BC36 #3679BC

square

#BC36BC #BC7936 #36BC36 #3679BC

split-complementary

#BC36BC #79BC36 #36BC79

monochromatic

#5D1B5D #8C288C #BC36BC #D15ED1 #DF8EDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC36BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC36BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36BC

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36BC	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D67C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A78B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24A76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.223 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad1',
    500: '#bc36bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36bc;
$custom-light: #d47ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 55.372,
    "l": 47.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58293,
    "c": 0.22338,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.16961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36BC

secondary

#85C985

accent

#DF4949

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36BC

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

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