#BC36C4#BC36C4

#BC36C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.230 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36C4
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 72.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 69.22, -46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 83.50, 325.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1893 -0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.23 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.0213, 17.3173, 53.8698)
Luminance	0.1731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36C4 #3EC436

analogous

#7536C4 #BC36C4 #C43685

triadic

#BC36C4 #C4BC36 #36C4BC

tetradic

#BC36C4 #C47536 #3EC436 #3685C4

square

#BC36C4 #C47536 #3EC436 #3685C4

split-complementary

#BC36C4 #85C436 #36C475

monochromatic

#601C64 #8E2994 #BC36C4 #CE63D4 #DD93E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC36C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC36C4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36C4

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36C4	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0869C8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5579C1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.230 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad6',
    500: '#bc36c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36c4;
$custom-light: #d47ad6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.62,
    "s": 56.8,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58754,
    "c": 0.22958,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36C4

secondary

#8DCC89

accent

#E04850

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36C4

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

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