#BC38AF#BC38AF

#BC38AF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.211 H 332.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38AF
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 175)
HSL	hsl(306, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(306, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 6.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.77, 65.13, -35.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.77, 74.34, 331.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.76% 0.187 -0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(57.76% 0.211 332.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8911, 16.6173, 42.1823)
Luminance	0.1661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38AF #38BC45

analogous

#8738BC #BC38AF #BC386D

triadic

#BC38AF #AFBC38 #38AFBC

tetradic

#BC38AF #BC8738 #38BC45 #386DBC

square

#BC38AF #BC8738 #38BC45 #386DBC

split-complementary

#BC38AF #6DBC38 #38BC87

monochromatic

#5E1C57 #8D2A83 #BC38AF #D061C5 #DE90D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC38AF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.32

#BC38AF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38AF

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38AF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38AF	1.00	4.86	4.32	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3165B2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6278AC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C4466F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38af;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 175);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.211 332.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac7',
    500: '#bc38af',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38af;
$custom-light: #d47ac7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38af",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 175
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57757,
    "c": 0.2113,
    "h": 332.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38AF

secondary

#87C98D

accent

#DD594A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38AF

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

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