#BC37B1#BC37B1

#BC37B1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.214 H 331.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B1
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 177)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 5.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.75, 65.79, -37.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.75, 75.51, 330.61°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% 0.1881 -0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.214 331.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0410, 16.6005, 43.2084)
Luminance	0.1660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B1 #37BC42

analogous

#8437BC #BC37B1 #BC376F

triadic

#BC37B1 #B1BC37 #37B1BC

tetradic

#BC37B1 #BC8437 #37BC42 #376FBC

square

#BC37B1 #BC8437 #37BC42 #376FBC

split-complementary

#BC37B1 #6FBC37 #37BC84

monochromatic

#5D1B58 #8D2984 #BC37B1 #D060C7 #DE8FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC37B1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC37B1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B1

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B1	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D65B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 177);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.214 331.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac9',
    500: '#bc37b1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b1;
$custom-light: #d47ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 177
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.962,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57775,
    "c": 0.21393,
    "h": 331.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B1

secondary

#86C98B

accent

#DE564A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B1

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

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