#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
RGBrgb(188, 55, 198)
HSLhsl(296, 57%, 50%)
HSVhsv(296, 72%, 78%)
CMYKcmyk(5.1%, 72.2%, 0%, 22.4%)
CIE-LABlab(48.89, 69.22, -47.49)
CIE-LCHlch(48.89, 83.95, 325.55°)
OKLaboklab(58.96% 0.1883 -0.1322)
OKLCHoklch(58.96% 0.23 324.9)
XYZxyz(32.2975, 17.5030, 55.0924)
Luminance0.1750 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##BC37C61.004.674.504.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

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

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#BC37C6 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva