#BC38BF#BC38BF

#BC38BF is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.224 H 327.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38BF
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 191)
HSL	hsl(299, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(299, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.6%, 70.7%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.62, 67.71, -43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.62, 80.68, 327.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.63% 0.1875 -0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(58.63% 0.224 327)
XYZ	xyz(31.5567, 17.2835, 50.9541)
Luminance	0.1728 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38BF #3BBF38

analogous

#7838BF #BC38BF #BF387E

triadic

#BC38BF #BFBC38 #38BFBC

tetradic

#BC38BF #BF7838 #3BBF38 #387EBF

square

#BC38BF #BF7838 #3BBF38 #387EBF

split-complementary

#BC38BF #7EBF38 #38BF78

monochromatic

#5F1C60 #8D2A90 #BC38BF #CF63D1 #DD92DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC38BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC38BF on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38BF

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38BF	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C69C3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5979BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14D78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.224 327.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd3',
    500: '#bc38bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38bf;
$custom-light: #d47bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.667,
    "s": 54.656,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58634,
    "c": 0.2235,
    "h": 327
  },
  "luminance": 0.17281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38BF

secondary

#8ACA89

accent

#DE4A4D

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38BF

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

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