#BC36C5#BC36C5

#BC36C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.230 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36C5
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 73%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 72.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.71, 69.39, -47.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.71, 83.91, 325.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.81% 0.1893 -0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(58.81% 0.23 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1355, 17.3630, 54.4713)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36C5 #3FC536

analogous

#7536C5 #BC36C5 #C53687

triadic

#BC36C5 #C5BC36 #36C5BC

tetradic

#BC36C5 #C57536 #3FC536 #3687C5

square

#BC36C5 #C57536 #3FC536 #3687C5

split-complementary

#BC36C5 #87C536 #36C575

monochromatic

#601C65 #8E2995 #BC36C5 #CD64D4 #DD94E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC36C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC36C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC36C5

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC36C5	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0369C9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5479C2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.230 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad7',
    500: '#bc36c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36c5;
$custom-light: #d47ad7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.224,
    "s": 56.972,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58813,
    "c": 0.23037,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36C5

secondary

#8ECD8A

accent

#E04851

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36C5

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

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