#BC37C6#BC37C6

#BC37C6 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.230 H 324.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC37C6
RGB	rgb(188, 55, 198)
HSL	hsl(296, 57%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(296, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 69.22, -47.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 83.95, 325.55°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% 0.1883 -0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.23 324.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.2975, 17.5030, 55.0924)
Luminance	0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC37C6 #41C637

analogous

#7437C6 #BC37C6 #C63789

triadic

#BC37C6 #C6BC37 #37C6BC

tetradic

#BC37C6 #C67437 #41C637 #3789C6

square

#BC37C6 #C67437 #41C637 #3789C6

split-complementary

#BC37C6 #89C637 #37C674

monochromatic

#611C66 #8F2A96 #BC37C6 #CD66D4 #DC96E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC37C6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC37C6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC37C6

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC37C6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC37C6	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#046ACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547AC3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0507C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc37c6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 55, 198);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.230 324.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd8',
    500: '#bc37c6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc37c6;
$custom-light: #d47bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc37c6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 198
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.804,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58955,
    "c": 0.23009,
    "h": 324.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC37C6

secondary

#90CD8C

accent

#E04853

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC37C6

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

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