#BC38AA#BC38AA

#BC38AA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.164; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.208 H 334.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38AA
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 170)
HSL	hsl(308, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(308, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 9.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.53, 64.36, -33.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.53, 72.46, 332.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.5% 0.1866 -0.0911)
OKLCH	oklch(57.5% 0.208 334)
XYZ	xyz(29.4091, 16.4245, 39.6437)
Luminance	0.1642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38AA #38BC4A

analogous

#8C38BC #BC38AA #BC3868

triadic

#BC38AA #AABC38 #38AABC

tetradic

#BC38AA #BC8C38 #38BC4A #3868BC

square

#BC38AA #BC8C38 #38BC4A #3868BC

split-complementary

#BC38AA #68BC38 #38BC8C

monochromatic

#5E1C55 #8D2A7F #BC38AA #D061C1 #DE90D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.90

#BC38AA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.28

#BC38AA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38AA

4.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38AA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38AA	1.00	4.90	4.28	4.90
#FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3564AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6478A7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5436D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38aa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.208 334.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac3',
    500: '#bc38aa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38aa;
$custom-light: #d47ac3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38aa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 308.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57498,
    "c": 0.20763,
    "h": 334
  },
  "luminance": 0.16422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38AA

secondary

#87C990

accent

#DD5E4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38AA

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

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