#BC38C7#BC38C7

#BC38C7 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.230 H 324.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38C7
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 199)
HSL	hsl(295, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(295, 72%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.5%, 71.9%, 0%, 22%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.06, 69.05, -47.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.06, 83.98, 325.31°)
OKLab	oklab(59.1% 0.1874 -0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(59.1% 0.23 324.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.4612, 17.6453, 55.7179)
Luminance	0.1764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38C7 #43C738

analogous

#7538C7 #BC38C7 #C7388A

triadic

#BC38C7 #C7BC38 #38C7BC

tetradic

#BC38C7 #C77538 #43C738 #388AC7

square

#BC38C7 #C77538 #43C738 #388AC7

split-complementary

#BC38C7 #8AC738 #38C775

monochromatic

#621D67 #8F2B97 #BC38C7 #CC68D4 #DC98E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.64

#BC38C7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.53

#BC38C7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38C7

4.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38C7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38C7	1.00	4.64	4.53	4.64
#FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#046ACB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#547AC4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C0517C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38c7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 199);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.230 324.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bd8',
    500: '#bc38c7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38c7;
$custom-light: #d47bd8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38c7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 199
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 295.385,
    "s": 56.078,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59099,
    "c": 0.22981,
    "h": 324.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38C7

secondary

#92CD8D

accent

#DF4854

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFA

border

#D4CAD3

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38C7

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

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