#BC37B3#BC37B3

#BC37B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.215 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B3
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.86, 66.11, -38.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.86, 76.28, 330.07°)
OKLab	oklab(57.88% 0.1882 -0.1048)
OKLCH	oklch(57.88% 0.215 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2418, 16.6808, 44.2660)
Luminance	0.1668 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B3 #37BC40

analogous

#8237BC #BC37B3 #BC3771

triadic

#BC37B3 #B3BC37 #37B3BC

tetradic

#BC37B3 #BC8237 #37BC40 #3771BC

square

#BC37B3 #BC8237 #37BC40 #3771BC

split-complementary

#BC37B3 #71BC37 #37BC82

monochromatic

#5D1B59 #8D2986 #BC37B3 #D060C9 #DE8FD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.84

#BC37B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC37B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B3

4.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B3	1.00	4.84	4.34	4.84
#FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2B66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.215 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47aca',
    500: '#bc37b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b3;
$custom-light: #d47aca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.06,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57882,
    "c": 0.21543,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B3

secondary

#86C98A

accent

#DE544A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B3

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

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