#BC37AA#BC37AA

#BC37AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.209 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37AA
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.40, 64.71, -33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.40, 72.86, 332.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.41% 0.1876 -0.0916)
OKLCH	oklch(57.41% 0.209 334)
XYZ	xyz(29.3612, 16.3285, 39.6278)
Luminance	0.1633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37AA #37BC49

analogous

#8B37BC #BC37AA #BC3768

triadic

#BC37AA #AABC37 #37AABC

tetradic

#BC37AA #BC8B37 #37BC49 #3768BC

square

#BC37AA #BC8B37 #37BC49 #3768BC

split-complementary

#BC37AA #68BC37 #37BC8B

monochromatic

#5D1B54 #8D297F #BC37AA #D060C1 #DE8FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.92

#BC37AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC37AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37AA

4.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37AA	1.00	4.92	4.27	4.92
#FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3464AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5436C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.209 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac3',
    500: '#bc37aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37aa;
$custom-light: #d47ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.12,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57409,
    "c": 0.2088,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.16326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37AA

secondary

#86C98F

accent

#DE5E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37AA

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

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