#BC36DD#BC36DD

#BC36DD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.250 H 318.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC36DD
RGB	rgb(188, 54, 221)
HSL	hsl(288, 71%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(288, 76%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.9%, 75.6%, 0%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.16, 73.58, -58.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.16, 94.10, 321.44°)
OKLab	oklab(60.3% 0.1874 -0.1648)
OKLCH	oklch(60.3% 0.25 318.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.1076, 18.5518, 70.1242)
Luminance	0.1855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC36DD #57DD36

analogous

#6936DD #BC36DD #DD36AB

triadic

#BC36DD #DDBC36 #36DDBC

tetradic

#BC36DD #DD6936 #57DD36 #36ABDD

square

#BC36DD #DD6936 #57DD36 #36ABDD

split-complementary

#BC36DD #ABDD36 #36DD69

monochromatic

#6D1683 #991FB7 #BC36DD #CD6AE6 #DF9FEF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.46

#BC36DD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC36DD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC36DD

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC36DD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC36DD	1.00	4.46	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FE2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#407CD9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB5A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc36dd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 54, 221);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.250 318.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57be8',
    500: '#bc36dd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc36dd;
$custom-light: #d57be8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc36dd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 221
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.144,
    "s": 71.064,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60302,
    "c": 0.24961,
    "h": 318.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC36DD

secondary

#A2DB94

accent

#EE3A5E

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFD

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150A16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC36DD

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

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