#BC38B5#BC38B5

#BC38B5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.216 H 330.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38B5
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 181)
HSL	hsl(303, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(303, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 3.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.08, 66.08, -38.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.08, 76.67, 329.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.08% 0.1873 -0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(58.08% 0.216 330.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.4936, 16.8582, 45.3550)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38B5 #38BC3F

analogous

#8138BC #BC38B5 #BC3873

triadic

#BC38B5 #B5BC38 #38B5BC

tetradic

#BC38B5 #BC8138 #38BC3F #3873BC

square

#BC38B5 #BC8138 #38BC3F #3873BC

split-complementary

#BC38B5 #73BC38 #38BC81

monochromatic

#5E1C5A #8D2A88 #BC38B5 #D061CA #DE90DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC38B5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC38B5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38B5

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38B5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38B5	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2A67B9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F78B2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34873

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38b5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 181);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.216 330.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bcb',
    500: '#bc38b5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38b5;
$custom-light: #d47bcb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38b5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 181
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 303.182,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58078,
    "c": 0.2158,
    "h": 330.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.16856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38B5

secondary

#87C98A

accent

#DD524A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF8

border

#D4C9D1

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38B5

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

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