#BC38B4#BC38B4

#BC38B4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.215 H 330.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38B4
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 180)
HSL	hsl(304, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(304, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 4.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.03, 65.92, -38.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.03, 76.28, 329.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1873 -0.1057)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.215 330.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.3913, 16.8173, 44.8166)
Luminance	0.1681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38B4 #38BC40

analogous

#8238BC #BC38B4 #BC3872

triadic

#BC38B4 #B4BC38 #38B4BC

tetradic

#BC38B4 #BC8238 #38BC40 #3872BC

square

#BC38B4 #BC8238 #38BC40 #3872BC

split-complementary

#BC38B4 #72BC38 #38BC82

monochromatic

#5E1C5A #8D2A87 #BC38B4 #D061C9 #DE90D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#BC38B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#BC38B4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38B4

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38B4	1.00	4.81	4.36	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2C66B7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34872

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.215 330.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bcb',
    500: '#bc38b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38b4;
$custom-light: #d47bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.636,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.21505,
    "h": 330.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38B4

secondary

#87C98B

accent

#DD534A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38B4

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

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