#BC37C1#BC37C1

#BC37C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.226 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37C1
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 193)
HSL	hsl(298, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 71.5%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.61, 68.38, -45.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.61, 81.88, 326.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% 0.1884 -0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.226 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7303, 17.2761, 52.1051)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37C1 #3CC137

analogous

#7737C1 #BC37C1 #C13781

triadic

#BC37C1 #C1BC37 #37C1BC

tetradic

#BC37C1 #C17737 #3CC137 #3781C1

square

#BC37C1 #C17737 #3CC137 #3781C1

split-complementary

#BC37C1 #81C137 #37C177

monochromatic

#5F1C62 #8E2991 #BC37C1 #CE63D2 #DD92E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC37C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC37C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37C1

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37C1	1.00	4.71	4.45	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1569C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5779BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.226 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd4',
    500: '#bc37c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37c1;
$custom-light: #d47bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.826,
    "s": 55.645,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58663,
    "c": 0.22616,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37C1

secondary

#8BCB89

accent

#DF494E

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37C1

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

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