#bc36b1

Color #bc36b1

A moderately saturated medium magenta.

Closest named color Medium Orchid #ba55d3 · ΔE 13.76 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 7

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Conversions

HEX

#bc36b1

RGB

rgb(188, 54, 177)

HSL

hsl(304.9, 55.4%, 47.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(304.9, 71.3%, 73.7%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 71.3%, 5.9%, 26.3%)

LAB

lab(47.63, 66.13, -37.24)

LCH

lch(47.63, 75.89, 330.61)

OKLCH

oklch(57.7%, 0.2151, 331.54)

HWB

hwb(304.9, 21.2%, 26.3%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#36bc41

Analogous

#8436bc

#bc36b1

#bc366e

Triadic

#bc36b1

#b1bc36

#36b1bc

Split-complementary

#bc36b1

#6ebc36

#36bc84

Tetradic

#bc36b1

#bc4136

#36bc41

#36b1bc

Square

#bc36b1

#bc8436

#36bc41

#366ebc

Shades

Color #bc36b1 mixed toward black.

#9d2d94

#7d2476

#5e1b59

#3f123b

#1f091e

Tints

Color #bc36b1 mixed toward white.

#cd52c3

#d774cf

#e197db

#ebbae7

#f5dcf3

Tones

Color #bc36b1 mixed toward gray.

#b141a8

#a64c9f

#9b5895

#8f638c

#846e82

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.88:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.3:1

White text reads better on this background (4.88:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#95949e · ΔE 28.8

Deuteranopia

#9ba299 · ΔE 42.3

Tritanopia

#b88d89 · ΔE 29.7

Achromatopsia

#717171 · ΔE 28.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #bc36b1;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc36b1]

Related colors

Orchid #da70d6

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Plum #dda0dd

Purple #800080

Thistle #d8bfd8

Frequently asked questions

#bc36b1 (#bc36b1) is rgb(188, 54, 177) in RGB.

No, #bc36b1 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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