#BC38C1#BC38C1

#BC38C1 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.225 H 326.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38C1
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 193)
HSL	hsl(298, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(298, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 71%, 0%, 24.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.73, 68.04, -44.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.73, 81.50, 326.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% 0.1875 -0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.225 326.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7783, 17.3721, 52.1211)
Luminance	0.1737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38C1 #3DC138

analogous

#7838C1 #BC38C1 #C13882

triadic

#BC38C1 #C1BC38 #38C1BC

tetradic

#BC38C1 #C17838 #3DC138 #3882C1

square

#BC38C1 #C17838 #3DC138 #3882C1

split-complementary

#BC38C1 #82C138 #38C178

monochromatic

#601C62 #8E2A92 #BC38C1 #CE64D2 #DD94E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#BC38C1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC38C1 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38C1

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38C1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38C1	1.00	4.69	4.47	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1869C5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5879BE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14E79

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38c1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 193);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.225 326.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd4',
    500: '#bc38c1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38c1;
$custom-light: #d47bd4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38c1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 193
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 297.81,
    "s": 55.02,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58749,
    "c": 0.22507,
    "h": 326.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38C1

secondary

#8CCB8A

accent

#DE494F

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38C1

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

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