#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
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 192)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.1%, 70.8%, 0%, 24.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.67, 67.87, -44.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.67, 81.09, 326.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1875 -0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.224 326.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6671, 17.3276, 51.5356)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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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
##BC38C0	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #BC38C0

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

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