#BC38BC#BC38BC

#BC38BC is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.221 H 328.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38BC
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 188)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.45, 67.21, -42.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.45, 79.46, 327.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% 0.1875 -0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.221 328)
XYZ	xyz(31.2299, 17.1528, 49.2331)
Luminance	0.1715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38BC #38BC38

analogous

#7A38BC #BC38BC #BC387A

triadic

#BC38BC #BCBC38 #38BCBC

tetradic

#BC38BC #BC7A38 #38BC38 #387ABC

square

#BC38BC #BC7A38 #38BC38 #387ABC

split-complementary

#BC38BC #7ABC38 #38BC7A

monochromatic

#5E1C5E #8D2A8D #BC38BC #D061D0 #DE90DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.74

#BC38BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC38BC on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38BC

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38BC	1.00	4.74	4.43	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2168C0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B79B9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.221 328.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd1',
    500: '#bc38bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38bc;
$custom-light: #d47bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 300,
    "s": 54.098,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58464,
    "c": 0.22117,
    "h": 328
  },
  "luminance": 0.17151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38BC

secondary

#87C987

accent

#DD4A4A

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38BC

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

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