#BC37B2#BC37B2

#BC37B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.215 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B2
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.80, 65.95, -37.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.80, 75.89, 330.34°)
OKLab	oklab(57.83% 0.1882 -0.1034)
OKLCH	oklch(57.83% 0.215 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1411, 16.6405, 43.7353)
Luminance	0.1664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B2 #37BC41

analogous

#8337BC #BC37B2 #BC3770

triadic

#BC37B2 #B2BC37 #37B2BC

tetradic

#BC37B2 #BC8337 #37BC41 #3770BC

square

#BC37B2 #BC8337 #37BC41 #3770BC

split-complementary

#BC37B2 #70BC37 #37BC83

monochromatic

#5D1B58 #8D2985 #BC37B2 #D060C8 #DE8FD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC37B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC37B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B2

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B2	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44671

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.215 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac9',
    500: '#bc37b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b2;
$custom-light: #d47ac9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.511,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57828,
    "c": 0.21468,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B2

secondary

#86C98B

accent

#DE554A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B2

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

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