#BC37BD#BC37BD

#BC37BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.223 H 327.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37BD
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.9%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.39, 67.72, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.39, 80.25, 327.54°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% 0.1884 -0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.223 327.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2901, 17.1001, 49.7868)
Luminance	0.1710 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37BD #38BD37

analogous

#7937BD #BC37BD #BD377B

triadic

#BC37BD #BDBC37 #37BDBC

tetradic

#BC37BD #BD7937 #38BD37 #377BBD

square

#BC37BD #BD7937 #38BD37 #377BBD

split-complementary

#BC37BD #7BBD37 #37BD79

monochromatic

#5E1B5E #8D298E #BC37BD #D060D1 #DE90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC37BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC37BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37BD

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37BD	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D68C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A79BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.223 327.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ad1',
    500: '#bc37bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37bd;
$custom-light: #d47ad1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.552,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58435,
    "c": 0.22305,
    "h": 327.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37BD

secondary

#87C986

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37BD

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

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