#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
RGBrgb(188, 56, 195)
HSLhsl(297, 55%, 49%)
HSVhsv(297, 71%, 76%)
CMYKcmyk(3.6%, 71.3%, 0%, 23.5%)
CIE-LABlab(48.84, 68.38, -45.84)
CIE-LCHlch(48.84, 82.32, 326.16°)
OKLaboklab(58.86% 0.1875 -0.1274)
OKLCHoklch(58.86% 0.227 325.8)
XYZxyz(32.0029, 17.4620, 53.3041)
Luminance0.1746 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BC38C31.004.674.494.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.4921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

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

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#BC38C3 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva