#BC37A7#BC37A7

#BC37A7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.207 H 335.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37A7
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 167)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 11.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.26, 64.26, -31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.26, 71.76, 333.58°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% 0.1874 -0.0872)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.207 335)
XYZ	xyz(29.0806, 16.2163, 38.1502)
Luminance	0.1621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37A7 #37BC4C

analogous

#8F37BC #BC37A7 #BC3764

triadic

#BC37A7 #A7BC37 #37A7BC

tetradic

#BC37A7 #BC8F37 #37BC4C #3764BC

square

#BC37A7 #BC8F37 #37BC4C #3764BC

split-complementary

#BC37A7 #64BC37 #37BC8F

monochromatic

#5D1B53 #8D297D #BC37A7 #D060BF #DE8FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC37A7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC37A7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37A7

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37A7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37A7	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3763AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6577A4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5416B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37a7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 167);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.207 335.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac1',
    500: '#bc37a7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37a7;
$custom-light: #d47ac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37a7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 167
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.474,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.20664,
    "h": 335
  },
  "luminance": 0.16214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37A7

secondary

#86C990

accent

#DE614A

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37A7

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

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