#BC37B4#BC37B4

#BC37B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.216 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B4
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.91, 66.26, -38.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.91, 76.67, 329.80°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1882 -0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.216 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3433, 16.7214, 44.8006)
Luminance	0.1672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B4 #37BC3F

analogous

#8137BC #BC37B4 #BC3771

triadic

#BC37B4 #B4BC37 #37B4BC

tetradic

#BC37B4 #BC8137 #37BC3F #3771BC

square

#BC37B4 #BC8137 #37BC3F #3771BC

split-complementary

#BC37B4 #71BC37 #37BC81

monochromatic

#5D1B59 #8D2987 #BC37B4 #D060CA #DE8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC37B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.34

#BC37B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B4

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B4	1.00	4.83	4.34	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A66B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34772

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.216 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acb',
    500: '#bc37b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b4;
$custom-light: #d47acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.609,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57936,
    "c": 0.21618,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B4

secondary

#86C98A

accent

#DE534A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B4

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

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