#BC37BF#BC37BF

#BC37BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.225 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37BF
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 191)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 71.2%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, 68.05, -44.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 81.07, 327.08°)
OKLab	oklab(58.55% 0.1884 -0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(58.55% 0.225 327)
XYZ	xyz(31.5087, 17.1875, 50.9381)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37BF #3ABF37

analogous

#7837BF #BC37BF #BF377E

triadic

#BC37BF #BFBC37 #37BFBC

tetradic

#BC37BF #BF7837 #3ABF37 #377EBF

square

#BC37BF #BF7837 #3ABF37 #377EBF

split-complementary

#BC37BF #7EBF37 #37BF78

monochromatic

#5E1C60 #8D298F #BC37BF #CF62D2 #DE91DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC37BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC37BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37BF

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37BF	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1A68C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14C78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.225 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd3',
    500: '#bc37bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37bf;
$custom-light: #d47bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.676,
    "s": 55.285,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58548,
    "c": 0.2246,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.17185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37BF

secondary

#89CA88

accent

#DF494C

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37BF

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

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