#BC36C1#BC36C1

#BC36C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.227 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36C1
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 193)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 72%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.49, 68.72, -45.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.49, 82.27, 326.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1894 -0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.227 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.6833, 17.1821, 52.0894)
Luminance	0.1718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36C1 #3BC136

analogous

#7636C1 #BC36C1 #C13680

triadic

#BC36C1 #C1BC36 #36C1BC

tetradic

#BC36C1 #C17636 #3BC136 #3680C1

square

#BC36C1 #C17636 #3BC136 #3680C1

split-complementary

#BC36C1 #80C136 #36C176

monochromatic

#5F1B61 #8D2991 #BC36C1 #CF61D3 #DD91E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC36C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC36C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36C1

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36C1	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1268C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5779BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.227 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad4',
    500: '#bc36c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36c1;
$custom-light: #d47ad4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.842,
    "s": 56.275,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58579,
    "c": 0.22724,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36C1

secondary

#8ACB88

accent

#E0484E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36C1

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

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