#BC37B0#BC37B0

#BC37B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.213 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B0
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.70, 65.64, -36.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.70, 75.12, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.72% 0.188 -0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(57.72% 0.213 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9417, 16.5607, 42.6854)
Luminance	0.1656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B0 #37BC43

analogous

#8637BC #BC37B0 #BC376D

triadic

#BC37B0 #B0BC37 #37B0BC

tetradic

#BC37B0 #BC8637 #37BC43 #376DBC

square

#BC37B0 #BC8637 #37BC43 #376DBC

split-complementary

#BC37B0 #6DBC37 #37BC86

monochromatic

#5D1B57 #8D2984 #BC37B0 #D060C6 #DE8FD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC37B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC37B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B0

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B0	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E65B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44570

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.213 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac8',
    500: '#bc37b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b0;
$custom-light: #d47ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.414,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57722,
    "c": 0.21319,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16558
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B0

secondary

#86C98C

accent

#DE574A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B0

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

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