#BC37AE#BC37AE

#BC37AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.212 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37AE
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.60, 65.32, -35.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.60, 74.36, 331.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.62% 0.1879 -0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(57.62% 0.212 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7453, 16.4822, 41.6509)
Luminance	0.1648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37AE #37BC45

analogous

#8837BC #BC37AE #BC376B

triadic

#BC37AE #AEBC37 #37AEBC

tetradic

#BC37AE #BC8837 #37BC45 #376BBC

square

#BC37AE #BC8837 #37BC45 #376BBC

split-complementary

#BC37AE #6BBC37 #37BC88

monochromatic

#5D1B56 #8D2982 #BC37AE #D060C5 #DE8FD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.89

#BC37AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC37AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37AE

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37AE	1.00	4.89	4.30	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3065B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4446E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.212 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac6',
    500: '#bc37ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37ae;
$custom-light: #d47ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.316,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57616,
    "c": 0.21171,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37AE

secondary

#86C98D

accent

#DE594A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37AE

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

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