#BC37BE#BC37BE

#BC37BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.224 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37BE
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 71.1%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.44, 67.88, -43.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.44, 80.66, 327.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% 0.1884 -0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.224 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3990, 17.1436, 50.3605)
Luminance	0.1714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37BE #39BE37

analogous

#7837BE #BC37BE #BE377C

triadic

#BC37BE #BEBC37 #37BEBC

tetradic

#BC37BE #BE7837 #39BE37 #377CBE

square

#BC37BE #BE7837 #39BE37 #377CBE

split-complementary

#BC37BE #7CBE37 #37BE78

monochromatic

#5E1C5F #8D298F #BC37BE #D061D1 #DE90DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC37BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC37BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37BE

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37BE	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.224 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd2',
    500: '#bc37be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37be;
$custom-light: #d47bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.111,
    "s": 55.102,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58491,
    "c": 0.22382,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37BE

secondary

#88CA87

accent

#DE494C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37BE

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

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