#BC38BB#BC38BB

#BC38BB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.220 H 328.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38BB
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 187)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 0.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 67.05, -41.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 79.06, 328.01°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% 0.1875 -0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.22 328.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1225, 17.1098, 48.6674)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38BB #38BC39

analogous

#7B38BC #BC38BB #BC3879

triadic

#BC38BB #BBBC38 #38BBBC

tetradic

#BC38BB #BC7B38 #38BC39 #3879BC

square

#BC38BB #BC7B38 #38BC39 #3879BC

split-complementary

#BC38BB #79BC38 #38BC7B

monochromatic

#5E1C5D #8D2A8C #BC38BB #D061CF #DE90DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC38BB on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC38BB on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38BB

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38BB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38BB	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2368BF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24B76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38bb;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 187);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.220 328.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd0',
    500: '#bc38bb',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38bb;
$custom-light: #d47bd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38bb",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 187
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300.455,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58408,
    "c": 0.22039,
    "h": 328.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38BB

secondary

#87C987

accent

#DD4B4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38BB

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

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