#BC38C5#BC38C5

#BC38C5 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.228 H 325.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#BC38C5
RGBrgb(188, 56, 197)
HSLhsl(296, 56%, 50%)
HSVhsv(296, 72%, 77%)
CMYKcmyk(4.6%, 71.6%, 0%, 22.7%)
CIE-LABlab(48.95, 68.71, -46.82)
CIE-LCHlch(48.95, 83.15, 325.73°)
OKLaboklab(58.98% 0.1874 -0.1302)
OKLCHoklch(58.98% 0.228 325.2)
XYZxyz(32.2305, 17.5530, 54.5030)
Luminance0.1755 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familypurple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#BC38C5 #41C538
analogous
#7538C5 #BC38C5 #C53888
triadic
#BC38C5 #C5BC38 #38C5BC
tetradic
#BC38C5 #C57538 #41C538 #3888C5
square
#BC38C5 #C57538 #41C538 #3888C5
split-complementary
#BC38C5 #88C538 #38C575
monochromatic
#611D66 #8F2A95 #BC38C5 #CD67D4 #DC96E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.66
#BC38C5 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.51
#BC38C5 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38C5
4.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##BC38C5#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##BC38C51.004.664.514.66
#FFFFFF4.661.0021.001.00
#0000004.5121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF4.661.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#0C6AC9
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#557AC2
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#C0507B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #bc38c5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 197);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.228 325.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd7',
    500: '#bc38c5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #bc38c5;
$custom-light: #d47bd7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#bc38c5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 197
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 296.17,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58981,
    "c": 0.22823,
    "h": 325.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#BC38C5
secondary
#90CD8C
accent
#DF4952
background
#FDF8FD
surface
#FBEFFA
border
#D4CAD3
text
#150A14
muted
#837C83

Preview Lab

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#BC38C5 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva