#BC37AD#BC37AD

#BC37AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.211 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37AD
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.55, 65.17, -35.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.55, 73.98, 331.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.56% 0.1879 -0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(57.56% 0.211 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6482, 16.4433, 41.1394)
Luminance	0.1644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37AD #37BC46

analogous

#8937BC #BC37AD #BC376A

triadic

#BC37AD #ADBC37 #37ADBC

tetradic

#BC37AD #BC8937 #37BC46 #376ABC

square

#BC37AD #BC8937 #37BC46 #376ABC

split-complementary

#BC37AD #6ABC37 #37BC89

monochromatic

#5D1B56 #8D2981 #BC37AD #D060C4 #DE8FD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC37AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.29

#BC37AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37AD

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37AD	1.00	4.90	4.29	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3165B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4446E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.211 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac6',
    500: '#bc37ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37ad;
$custom-light: #d47ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.767,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57564,
    "c": 0.21098,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37AD

secondary

#86C98D

accent

#DE5A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37AD

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

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