#BC38B2#BC38B2

#BC38B2 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.214 H 331.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38B2
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 178)
HSL	hsl(305, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(305, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, 65.60, -37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 75.50, 330.33°)
OKLab	oklab(57.92% 0.1872 -0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(57.92% 0.214 331.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1891, 16.7364, 43.7513)
Luminance	0.1673 (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

#BC38B2 #38BC42

analogous

#8438BC #BC38B2 #BC3870

triadic

#BC38B2 #B2BC38 #38B2BC

tetradic

#BC38B2 #BC8438 #38BC42 #3870BC

square

#BC38B2 #BC8438 #38BC42 #3870BC

split-complementary

#BC38B2 #70BC38 #38BC84

monochromatic

#5E1C59 #8D2A85 #BC38B2 #D061C8 #DE90D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#BC38B2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC38B2 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38B2

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38B2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38B2	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2E66B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34771

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38b2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.214 331.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bc9',
    500: '#bc38b2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38b2;
$custom-light: #d47bc9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38b2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.545,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57916,
    "c": 0.21354,
    "h": 331.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38B2

secondary

#87C98C

accent

#DD554A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38B2

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

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