#BC38AD#BC38AD

#BC38AD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.210 H 332.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38AD
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 173)
HSL	hsl(307, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(307, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.67, 64.82, -34.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.67, 73.58, 331.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% 0.1868 -0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.21 332.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6962, 16.5393, 41.1554)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38AD #38BC47

analogous

#8938BC #BC38AD #BC386B

triadic

#BC38AD #ADBC38 #38ADBC

tetradic

#BC38AD #BC8938 #38BC47 #386BBC

square

#BC38AD #BC8938 #38BC47 #386BBC

split-complementary

#BC38AD #6BBC38 #38BC89

monochromatic

#5E1C56 #8D2A82 #BC38AD #D061C3 #DE90D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.88

#BC38AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BC38AD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38AD

4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38AD	1.00	4.88	4.31	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3365B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6378AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4456E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.210 332.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac6',
    500: '#bc38ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38ad;
$custom-light: #d47ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.818,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57653,
    "c": 0.20982,
    "h": 332.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38AD

secondary

#87C98E

accent

#DD5B4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38AD

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

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