#BC37B7#BC37B7

#BC37B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.218 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B7
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.06, 66.74, -40.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.06, 77.85, 329.02°)
OKLab	oklab(58.1% 0.1884 -0.1107)
OKLCH	oklch(58.1% 0.218 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.6523, 16.8449, 46.4275)
Luminance	0.1684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B7 #37BC3C

analogous

#7F37BC #BC37B7 #BC3774

triadic

#BC37B7 #B7BC37 #37B7BC

tetradic

#BC37B7 #BC7F37 #37BC3C #3774BC

square

#BC37B7 #BC7F37 #37BC3C #3774BC

split-complementary

#BC37B7 #74BC37 #37BC7F

monochromatic

#5D1B5B #8D2989 #BC37B7 #D060CC #DE8FDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC37B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC37B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B7

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B7	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2667BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34973

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.218 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47acd',
    500: '#bc37b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b7;
$custom-light: #d47acd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.256,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.581,
    "c": 0.21845,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B7

secondary

#86C988

accent

#DE4F4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B7

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

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