#BC38B3#BC38B3

#BC38B3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.214 H 330.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38B3
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 179)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 4.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.98, 65.76, -37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.98, 75.89, 330.06°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% 0.1872 -0.1043)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.214 330.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2898, 16.7767, 44.2820)
Luminance	0.1677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38B3 #38BC41

analogous

#8338BC #BC38B3 #BC3871

triadic

#BC38B3 #B3BC38 #38B3BC

tetradic

#BC38B3 #BC8338 #38BC41 #3871BC

square

#BC38B3 #BC8338 #38BC41 #3871BC

split-complementary

#BC38B3 #71BC38 #38BC83

monochromatic

#5E1C59 #8D2A86 #BC38B3 #D061C8 #DE90D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#BC38B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#BC38B3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38B3

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38B3	1.00	4.82	4.35	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2D66B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6078B0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.214 330.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bca',
    500: '#bc38b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38b3;
$custom-light: #d47bca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 304.091,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5797,
    "c": 0.21429,
    "h": 330.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38B3

secondary

#87C98B

accent

#DD544A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38B3

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

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