#BC38AC#BC38AC

#BC38AC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.209 H 333.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38AC
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 172)
HSL	hsl(307, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 8.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.62, 64.67, -34.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.62, 73.21, 332.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.6% 0.1868 -0.094)
OKLCH	oklch(57.6% 0.209 333.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.5998, 16.5007, 40.6477)
Luminance	0.1650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38AC #38BC48

analogous

#8A38BC #BC38AC #BC386A

triadic

#BC38AC #ACBC38 #38ACBC

tetradic

#BC38AC #BC8A38 #38BC48 #386ABC

square

#BC38AC #BC8A38 #38BC48 #386ABC

split-complementary

#BC38AC #6ABC38 #38BC8A

monochromatic

#5E1C56 #8D2A81 #BC38AC #D061C3 #DE90D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC38AC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.30

#BC38AC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38AC

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38AC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38AC	1.00	4.88	4.30	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3365AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6378A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4446E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38ac;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 172);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.209 333.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac5',
    500: '#bc38ac',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38ac;
$custom-light: #d47ac5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38ac",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 172
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 307.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57601,
    "c": 0.20908,
    "h": 333.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38AC

secondary

#87C98F

accent

#DD5C4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38AC

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

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