#BC37C3#BC37C3

#BC37C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.228 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37C3
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 72%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 71.8%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.72, 68.72, -46.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.72, 82.71, 326.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% 0.1884 -0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.228 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9549, 17.3660, 53.2881)
Luminance	0.1736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37C3 #3EC337

analogous

#7637C3 #BC37C3 #C33784

triadic

#BC37C3 #C3BC37 #37C3BC

tetradic

#BC37C3 #C37637 #3EC337 #3784C3

square

#BC37C3 #C37637 #3EC337 #3784C3

split-complementary

#BC37C3 #84C337 #37C376

monochromatic

#601C64 #8E2A93 #BC37C3 #CE64D3 #DD94E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC37C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC37C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37C3

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37C3	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1069C7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5679C0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.228 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd6',
    500: '#bc37c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37c3;
$custom-light: #d47bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297,
    "s": 56,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58779,
    "c": 0.22773,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37C3

secondary

#8DCC8A

accent

#DF4950

background

#FDF7FD

surface

#FBEEFA

border

#D4C9D3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37C3

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

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