#BC36D9#BC36D9

#BC36D9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.246 H 319.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36D9
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 217)
HSL	hsl(289, 68%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(289, 75%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.4%, 75.1%, 0%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.91, 72.86, -56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.91, 92.37, 322.07°)
OKLab	oklab(60.04% 0.1879 -0.1593)
OKLCH	oklch(60.04% 0.246 319.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.5810, 18.3412, 67.3509)
Luminance	0.1834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36D9 #53D936

analogous

#6A36D9 #BC36D9 #D936A4

triadic

#BC36D9 #D9BC36 #36D9BC

tetradic

#BC36D9 #D96A36 #53D936 #36A4D9

square

#BC36D9 #D96A36 #53D936 #36A4D9

split-complementary

#BC36D9 #A4D936 #36D96A

monochromatic

#6B187D #9721B0 #BC36D9 #CD69E3 #DE9DEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.50

#BC36D9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.67

#BC36D9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC36D9

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36D9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC36D9	1.00	4.50	4.67	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006EDD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447BD5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5886

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36d9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 217);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.246 319.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57be5',
    500: '#bc36d9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36d9;
$custom-light: #d57be5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36d9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 217
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 289.325,
    "s": 68.201,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60044,
    "c": 0.24634,
    "h": 319.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36D9

secondary

#9FD992

accent

#EB3D5C

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36D9

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

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