#BC38AE#BC38AE

#BC38AE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.211 H 332.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38AE
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 174)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 7.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.72, 64.98, -35.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.72, 73.96, 331.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% 0.1869 -0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.211 332.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7933, 16.5781, 41.6669)
Luminance	0.1658 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38AE #38BC46

analogous

#8838BC #BC38AE #BC386C

triadic

#BC38AE #AEBC38 #38AEBC

tetradic

#BC38AE #BC8838 #38BC46 #386CBC

square

#BC38AE #BC8838 #38BC46 #386CBC

split-complementary

#BC38AE #6CBC38 #38BC88

monochromatic

#5E1C57 #8D2A82 #BC38AE #D061C4 #DE90D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BC38AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC38AE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38AE

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38AE	1.00	4.87	4.32	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3265B1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4456F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.211 332.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac6',
    500: '#bc38ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38ae;
$custom-light: #d47ac6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 306.364,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.21055,
    "h": 332.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38AE

secondary

#87C98E

accent

#DD5A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38AE

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

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