#BC38BA#BC38BA

#BC38BA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.220 H 328.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38BA
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 186)
HSL	hsl(301, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(301, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 1.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.34, 66.89, -41.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.34, 78.65, 328.25°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% 0.1874 -0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.22 328.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.0158, 17.0671, 48.1055)
Luminance	0.1706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38BA #38BC3A

analogous

#7C38BC #BC38BA #BC3878

triadic

#BC38BA #BABC38 #38BABC

tetradic

#BC38BA #BC7C38 #38BC3A #3878BC

square

#BC38BA #BC7C38 #38BC3A #3878BC

split-complementary

#BC38BA #78BC38 #38BC7C

monochromatic

#5E1C5D #8D2A8B #BC38BA #D061CE #DE90DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC38BA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.41

#BC38BA on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38BA

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38BA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38BA	1.00	4.76	4.41	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.41	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2468BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C79B7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38ba;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 186);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.220 328.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bcf',
    500: '#bc38ba',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38ba;
$custom-light: #d47bcf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38ba",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 186
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.909,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58353,
    "c": 0.21962,
    "h": 328.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38BA

secondary

#87C988

accent

#DD4D4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38BA

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

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