#BC37AB#BC37AB

#BC37AB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.210 H 333.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37AB
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 171)
HSL	hsl(308, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.45, 64.86, -33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.45, 73.23, 332.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1877 -0.0931)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.21 333.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4561, 16.3665, 40.1278)
Luminance	0.1636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37AB #37BC48

analogous

#8A37BC #BC37AB #BC3769

triadic

#BC37AB #ABBC37 #37ABBC

tetradic

#BC37AB #BC8A37 #37BC48 #3769BC

square

#BC37AB #BC8A37 #37BC48 #3769BC

split-complementary

#BC37AB #69BC37 #37BC8A

monochromatic

#5D1B55 #8D2980 #BC37AB #D060C2 #DE8FD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.91

#BC37AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.27

#BC37AB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37AB

4.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37AB	1.00	4.91	4.27	4.91
#FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3364AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6377A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5436D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.210 333.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac4',
    500: '#bc37ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37ab;
$custom-light: #d47ac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.669,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5746,
    "c": 0.20952,
    "h": 333.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37AB

secondary

#86C98E

accent

#DE5D4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37AB

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

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