#BC37A9#BC37A9

#BC37A9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.208 H 334.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37A9
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 169)
HSL	hsl(309, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(309, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 10.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.35, 64.56, -32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.35, 72.49, 332.95°)
OKLab	oklab(57.36% 0.1875 -0.0901)
OKLCH	oklch(57.36% 0.208 334.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2669, 16.2908, 39.1315)
Luminance	0.1629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37A9 #37BC4A

analogous

#8C37BC #BC37A9 #BC3767

triadic

#BC37A9 #A9BC37 #37A9BC

tetradic

#BC37A9 #BC8C37 #37BC4A #3767BC

square

#BC37A9 #BC8C37 #37BC4A #3767BC

split-complementary

#BC37A9 #67BC37 #37BC8C

monochromatic

#5D1B54 #8D297E #BC37A9 #D060C0 #DE8FD3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC37A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC37A9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37A9

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37A9	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3564AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6477A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5426C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.208 334.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac3',
    500: '#bc37a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37a9;
$custom-light: #d47ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.571,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57358,
    "c": 0.20807,
    "h": 334.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37A9

secondary

#86C98F

accent

#DE5F4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37A9

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

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