#BC37B8#BC37B8

#BC37B8 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.219 H 329.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B8
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 184)
HSL	hsl(302, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 2.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 66.90, -40.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 78.25, 328.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.16% 0.1884 -0.1121)
OKLCH	oklch(58.16% 0.219 329.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.7567, 16.8867, 46.9776)
Luminance	0.1688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B8 #37BC3B

analogous

#7E37BC #BC37B8 #BC3775

triadic

#BC37B8 #B8BC37 #37B8BC

tetradic

#BC37B8 #BC7E37 #37BC3B #3775BC

square

#BC37B8 #BC7E37 #37BC3B #3775BC

split-complementary

#BC37B8 #75BC37 #37BC7E

monochromatic

#5D1B5B #8D298A #BC37B8 #D060CD #DE8FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC37B8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC37B8 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B8

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B8	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2567BC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D78B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 184);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.219 329.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ace',
    500: '#bc37b8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b8;
$custom-light: #d47ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 184
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.805,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58155,
    "c": 0.21921,
    "h": 329.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16884
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B8

secondary

#86C988

accent

#DE4E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B8

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

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