#BC36BE#BC36BE

#BC36BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.225 H 327.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36BE
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 72%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 71.6%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.32, 68.22, -43.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.32, 81.04, 327.33°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1894 -0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.225 327.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.3520, 17.0496, 50.3448)
Luminance	0.1705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36BE #38BE36

analogous

#7836BE #BC36BE #BE367C

triadic

#BC36BE #BEBC36 #36BEBC

tetradic

#BC36BE #BE7836 #38BE36 #367CBE

square

#BC36BE #BE7836 #38BE36 #367CBE

split-complementary

#BC36BE #7CBE36 #36BE78

monochromatic

#5E1B5F #8D288E #BC36BE #D060D2 #DE8FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC36BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC36BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36BE

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36BE	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1968C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.225 327.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad2',
    500: '#bc36be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36be;
$custom-light: #d47ad2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.118,
    "s": 55.738,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58407,
    "c": 0.22492,
    "h": 327.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36BE

secondary

#87CA86

accent

#DF494B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36BE

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

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