#BC36BD#BC36BD

#BC36BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.224 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36BD
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 71.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.27, 68.06, -43.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.27, 80.64, 327.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1894 -0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.224 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2431, 17.0060, 49.7712)
Luminance	0.1700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36BD #37BD36

analogous

#7936BD #BC36BD #BD367A

triadic

#BC36BD #BDBC36 #36BDBC

tetradic

#BC36BD #BD7936 #37BD36 #367ABD

square

#BC36BD #BD7936 #37BD36 #367ABD

split-complementary

#BC36BD #7ABD36 #36BD79

monochromatic

#5D1B5E #8D288D #BC36BD #D05FD1 #DE8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#BC36BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC36BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36BD

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36BD	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1B68C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.224 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad1',
    500: '#bc36bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36bd;
$custom-light: #d47ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.556,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5835,
    "c": 0.22414,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36BD

secondary

#86C985

accent

#DF494A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36BD

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

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