#BC38C4#BC38C4

#BC38C4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.175; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.227 H 325.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38C4
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 196)
HSL	hsl(297, 56%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(297, 71%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(4.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.89, 68.55, -46.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.89, 82.73, 325.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% 0.1874 -0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.227 325.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.1163, 17.5073, 53.9015)
Luminance	0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38C4 #40C438

analogous

#7638C4 #BC38C4 #C43886

triadic

#BC38C4 #C4BC38 #38C4BC

tetradic

#BC38C4 #C47638 #40C438 #3886C4

square

#BC38C4 #C47638 #40C438 #3886C4

split-complementary

#BC38C4 #86C438 #38C476

monochromatic

#611D65 #8E2A94 #BC38C4 #CD66D3 #DD96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.67

#BC38C4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.50

#BC38C4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38C4

4.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38C4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38C4	1.00	4.67	4.50	4.67
#FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#106AC8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#567AC1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C04F7B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38c4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 196);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.227 325.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd6',
    500: '#bc38c4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38c4;
$custom-light: #d47bd6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38c4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 196
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.571,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58923,
    "c": 0.22743,
    "h": 325.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.17505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38C4

secondary

#8FCC8C

accent

#DF4951

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A14

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38C4

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

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