#BC37AF#BC37AF

#BC37AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.212 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37AF
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 175)
HSL	hsl(306, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.65, 65.48, -36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.65, 74.74, 331.17°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% 0.188 -0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.212 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8432, 16.5213, 42.1663)
Luminance	0.1652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37AF #37BC44

analogous

#8737BC #BC37AF #BC376C

triadic

#BC37AF #AFBC37 #37AFBC

tetradic

#BC37AF #BC8737 #37BC44 #376CBC

square

#BC37AF #BC8737 #37BC44 #376CBC

split-complementary

#BC37AF #6CBC37 #37BC87

monochromatic

#5D1B57 #8D2983 #BC37AF #D060C5 #DE8FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC37AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC37AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37AF

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37AF	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F65B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.212 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac7',
    500: '#bc37af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37af;
$custom-light: #d47ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.865,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57669,
    "c": 0.21245,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37AF

secondary

#86C98C

accent

#DE584A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37AF

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

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