#BC38C0#BC38C0

#BC38C0 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.224 H 326.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC38C0
RGBrgb(188, 56, 192)
HSLhsl(298, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(298, 71%, 75%)
CMYKcmyk(2.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.67, 67.87, -44.36)
CIE-LCHlch(48.67, 81.09, 326.83°)
OKLaboklab(58.69% 0.1875 -0.1231)
OKLCHoklch(58.69% 0.224 326.7)
XYZxyz(31.6671, 17.3276, 51.5356)
Luminance0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC38C0 #3CC038
analogous
#7838C0 #BC38C0 #C03880
triadic
#BC38C0 #C0BC38 #38C0BC
tetradic
#BC38C0 #C07838 #3CC038 #3880C0
square
#BC38C0 #C07838 #3CC038 #3880C0
split-complementary
#BC38C0 #80C038 #38C078
monochromatic
#5F1C61 #8E2A91 #BC38C0 #CE64D2 #DD93DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70
#BC38C0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47
#BC38C0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38C0
4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC38C0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC38C01.004.704.474.70
#FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00
#0000004.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.701.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#1A69C4
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5879BD
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C14D79
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc38c0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 192);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.224 326.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd3',
    500: '#bc38c0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc38c0;
$custom-light: #d47bd3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc38c0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 192
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.235,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58691,
    "c": 0.22428,
    "h": 326.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC38C0
secondary
#8BCB89
accent
#DE4A4E
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150A14
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

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#BC38C0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva