#BC37C5#BC37C5

#BC37C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.229 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37C5
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 197)
HSL	hsl(296, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.6%, 72.1%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.83, 69.05, -47.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.83, 83.53, 325.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% 0.1883 -0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.229 325.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.1825, 17.4570, 54.4870)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37C5 #40C537

analogous

#7537C5 #BC37C5 #C53787

triadic

#BC37C5 #C5BC37 #37C5BC

tetradic

#BC37C5 #C57537 #40C537 #3787C5

square

#BC37C5 #C57537 #40C537 #3787C5

split-complementary

#BC37C5 #87C537 #37C575

monochromatic

#611C65 #8E2A95 #BC37C5 #CD65D4 #DD95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.68

#BC37C5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC37C5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37C5

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37C5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37C5	1.00	4.68	4.49	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#086AC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#557AC2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.229 325.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd7',
    500: '#bc37c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37c5;
$custom-light: #d47bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.197,
    "s": 56.349,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58896,
    "c": 0.2293,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37C5

secondary

#8FCD8B

accent

#E04852

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37C5

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

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