#BC37A8#BC37A8

#BC37A8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.207 H 334.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37A8
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 168)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 10.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.31, 64.41, -32.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.31, 72.12, 333.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.31% 0.1874 -0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(57.31% 0.207 334.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.1734, 16.2534, 38.6389)
Luminance	0.1625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37A8 #37BC4B

analogous

#8E37BC #BC37A8 #BC3765

triadic

#BC37A8 #A8BC37 #37A8BC

tetradic

#BC37A8 #BC8E37 #37BC4B #3765BC

square

#BC37A8 #BC8E37 #37BC4B #3765BC

split-complementary

#BC37A8 #65BC37 #37BC8E

monochromatic

#5D1B53 #8D297E #BC37A8 #D060BF #DE8FD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.94

#BC37A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.25

#BC37A8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37A8

4.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37A8	1.00	4.94	4.25	4.94
#FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3664AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5426B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.207 334.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac2',
    500: '#bc37a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37a8;
$custom-light: #d47ac2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 309.023,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57307,
    "c": 0.20736,
    "h": 334.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37A8

secondary

#86C990

accent

#DE604A

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF7

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37A8

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

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