#BC37A6#BC37A6

#BC37A6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.206 H 335.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37A6
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 166)
HSL	hsl(310, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(310, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, 64.11, -31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 71.39, 333.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.21% 0.1873 -0.0857)
OKLCH	oklch(57.21% 0.206 335.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9885, 16.1794, 37.6652)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37A6 #37BC4D

analogous

#9037BC #BC37A6 #BC3763

triadic

#BC37A6 #A6BC37 #37A6BC

tetradic

#BC37A6 #BC9037 #37BC4D #3763BC

square

#BC37A6 #BC9037 #37BC4D #3763BC

split-complementary

#BC37A6 #63BC37 #37BC90

monochromatic

#5D1B52 #8D297C #BC37A6 #D060BE #DE8FD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#BC37A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC37A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37A6

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37A6	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3763A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5416A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.206 335.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac1',
    500: '#bc37a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37a6;
$custom-light: #d47ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.925,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57206,
    "c": 0.20593,
    "h": 335.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37A6

secondary

#86C991

accent

#DE624A

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37A6

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

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