#BC37B5#BC37B5

#BC37B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.217 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B5
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.96, 66.42, -39.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.96, 77.06, 329.53°)
OKLab	oklab(57.99% 0.1883 -0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(57.99% 0.217 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4456, 16.7623, 45.3390)
Luminance	0.1676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B5 #37BC3E

analogous

#8137BC #BC37B5 #BC3772

triadic

#BC37B5 #B5BC37 #37B5BC

tetradic

#BC37B5 #BC8137 #37BC3E #3772BC

square

#BC37B5 #BC8137 #37BC3E #3772BC

split-complementary

#BC37B5 #72BC37 #37BC81

monochromatic

#5D1B5A #8D2987 #BC37B5 #D060CA #DE8FDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC37B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC37B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B5

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B5	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2966B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.217 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acb',
    500: '#bc37b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b5;
$custom-light: #d47acb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.158,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5799,
    "c": 0.21693,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B5

secondary

#86C989

accent

#DE524A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B5

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

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