#BC38BD#BC38BD

#BC38BD is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.222 H 327.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38BD
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 189)
HSL	hsl(300, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(300, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 70.4%, 0%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.51, 67.38, -42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.51, 79.86, 327.53°)
OKLab	oklab(58.52% 0.1875 -0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(58.52% 0.222 327.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3381, 17.1960, 49.8028)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38BD #39BD38

analogous

#7938BD #BC38BD #BD387B

triadic

#BC38BD #BDBC38 #38BDBC

tetradic

#BC38BD #BD7938 #39BD38 #387BBD

square

#BC38BD #BD7938 #39BD38 #387BBD

split-complementary

#BC38BD #7BBD38 #38BD79

monochromatic

#5E1C5F #8D2A8E #BC38BD #D062D0 #DE91DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#BC38BD on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#BC38BD on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38BD

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38BD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38BD	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1F68C1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A79BA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C24C77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38bd;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 189);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.222 327.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd1',
    500: '#bc38bd',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38bd;
$custom-light: #d47bd1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38bd",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 189
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.549,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58521,
    "c": 0.22195,
    "h": 327.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38BD

secondary

#88C987

accent

#DE4A4B

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38BD

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

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