#BC37B9#BC37B9

#BC37B9 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.220 H 328.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37B9
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 185)
HSL	hsl(301, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 1.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.17, 67.07, -41.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.17, 78.65, 328.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.21% 0.1884 -0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(58.21% 0.22 328.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8619, 16.9288, 47.5316)
Luminance	0.1693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37B9 #37BC3A

analogous

#7C37BC #BC37B9 #BC3777

triadic

#BC37B9 #B9BC37 #37B9BC

tetradic

#BC37B9 #BC7C37 #37BC3A #3777BC

square

#BC37B9 #BC7C37 #37BC3A #3777BC

split-complementary

#BC37B9 #77BC37 #37BC7C

monochromatic

#5D1B5C #8D298A #BC37B9 #D060CE #DE8FDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC37B9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC37B9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37B9

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37B9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37B9	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2467BD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C79B6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24A74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37b9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 185);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.220 328.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ace',
    500: '#bc37b9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37b9;
$custom-light: #d47ace;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37b9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 185
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 301.353,
    "s": 54.733,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5821,
    "c": 0.21997,
    "h": 328.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37B9

secondary

#86C987

accent

#DE4D4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37B9

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

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