#BC38B0#BC38B0

#BC38B0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.212 H 331.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38B0
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 176)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 6.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.82, 65.29, -36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.82, 74.73, 330.89°)
OKLab	oklab(57.81% 0.187 -0.0999)
OKLCH	oklch(57.81% 0.212 331.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9897, 16.6567, 42.7014)
Luminance	0.1665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38B0 #38BC44

analogous

#8638BC #BC38B0 #BC386E

triadic

#BC38B0 #B0BC38 #38B0BC

tetradic

#BC38B0 #BC8638 #38BC44 #386EBC

square

#BC38B0 #BC8638 #38BC44 #386EBC

split-complementary

#BC38B0 #6EBC38 #38BC86

monochromatic

#5E1C58 #8D2A84 #BC38B0 #D061C6 #DE90D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.85

#BC38B0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC38B0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38B0

4.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38B0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38B0	1.00	4.85	4.33	4.85
#FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3066B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6178AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C44670

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38b0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 176);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.212 331.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ac8',
    500: '#bc38b0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38b0;
$custom-light: #d47ac8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38b0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 176
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 305.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5781,
    "c": 0.21204,
    "h": 331.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38B0

secondary

#87C98D

accent

#DD584A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38B0

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

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