#BC38B7#BC38B7

#BC38B7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.217 H 329.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38B7
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 183)
HSL	hsl(302, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(302, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 2.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.19, 66.40, -39.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.19, 77.46, 329.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% 0.1874 -0.1101)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.217 329.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7002, 16.9409, 46.4435)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38B7 #38BC3D

analogous

#7F38BC #BC38B7 #BC3875

triadic

#BC38B7 #B7BC38 #38B7BC

tetradic

#BC38B7 #BC7F38 #38BC3D #3875BC

square

#BC38B7 #BC7F38 #38BC3D #3875BC

split-complementary

#BC38B7 #75BC38 #38BC7F

monochromatic

#5E1C5B #8D2A89 #BC38B7 #D061CC #DE90DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC38B7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC38B7 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38B7

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38B7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38B7	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2867BB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5E79B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C34974

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38b7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 183);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.217 329.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bcd',
    500: '#bc38b7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38b7;
$custom-light: #d47bcd;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38b7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 183
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 302.273,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58187,
    "c": 0.21732,
    "h": 329.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38B7

secondary

#87C989

accent

#DD504A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A13

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38B7

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

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