#BC38C3#BC38C3

#BC38C3 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.227 H 325.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38C3
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 195)
HSL	hsl(297, 55%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 76%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.84, 68.38, -45.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.84, 82.32, 326.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% 0.1875 -0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.227 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.0029, 17.4620, 53.3041)
Luminance	0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38C3 #3FC338

analogous

#7638C3 #BC38C3 #C33885

triadic

#BC38C3 #C3BC38 #38C3BC

tetradic

#BC38C3 #C37638 #3FC338 #3885C3

square

#BC38C3 #C37638 #3FC338 #3885C3

split-complementary

#BC38C3 #85C338 #38C376

monochromatic

#601D64 #8E2A93 #BC38C3 #CD65D3 #DD95E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC38C3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.49

#BC38C3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38C3

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38C3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38C3	1.00	4.67	4.49	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#136AC7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#577AC0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C14F7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38c3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 195);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.227 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd6',
    500: '#bc38c3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38c3;
$custom-light: #d47bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38c3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 195
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.978,
    "s": 55.378,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.22665,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38C3

secondary

#8ECC8B

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38C3

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

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