#BC38BE#BC38BE

#BC38BE is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.223 H 327.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38BE
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 190)
HSL	hsl(299, 54%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.1%, 70.5%, 0%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.56, 67.54, -43.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.56, 80.27, 327.29°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% 0.1875 -0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.223 327.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4470, 17.2396, 50.3765)
Luminance	0.1724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38BE #3ABE38

analogous

#7938BE #BC38BE #BE387D

triadic

#BC38BE #BEBC38 #38BEBC

tetradic

#BC38BE #BE7938 #3ABE38 #387DBE

square

#BC38BE #BE7938 #3ABE38 #387DBE

split-complementary

#BC38BE #7DBE38 #38BE79

monochromatic

#5E1C5F #8D2A8F #BC38BE #CF62D1 #DE92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC38BE on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC38BE on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38BE

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38BE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38BE	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1E68C2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A79BB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38be;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 190);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.223 327.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd2',
    500: '#bc38be',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38be;
$custom-light: #d47bd2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38be",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 190
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 299.104,
    "s": 54.472,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58577,
    "c": 0.22272,
    "h": 327.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38BE

secondary

#89CA88

accent

#DE4A4C

background

#FDF7FC

surface

#FBEEF9

border

#D4C9D2

text

#150A14

muted

#837C82

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38BE

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

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