#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
RGBrgb(188, 56, 196)
HSLhsl(297, 56%, 49%)
HSVhsv(297, 71%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.1%, 71.4%, 0%, 23.1%)
CIE-LABlab(48.89, 68.55, -46.33)
CIE-LCHlch(48.89, 82.73, 325.95°)
OKLaboklab(58.92% 0.1874 -0.1288)
OKLCHoklch(58.92% 0.227 325.5)
XYZxyz(32.1163, 17.5073, 53.9015)
Luminance0.1751 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

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
##BC38C41.004.674.504.67
#FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00
#0000004.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.671.0021.001.00

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

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#BC38C4 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva