#BC38CA#BC38CA

#BC38CA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.178; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.232 H 323.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38CA
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 202)
HSL	hsl(294, 58%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(294, 72%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.9%, 72.3%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.24, 69.57, -49.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.24, 85.24, 324.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.28% 0.1872 -0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(59.28% 0.232 323.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.8129, 17.7860, 57.5704)
Luminance	0.1778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38CA #46CA38

analogous

#7338CA #BC38CA #CA388F

triadic

#BC38CA #CABC38 #38CABC

tetradic

#BC38CA #CA7338 #46CA38 #388FCA

square

#BC38CA #CA7338 #46CA38 #388FCA

split-complementary

#BC38CA #8FCA38 #38CA73

monochromatic

#641D6B #90299B #BC38CA #CC68D7 #DD99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.61

#BC38CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.56

#BC38CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC38CA

4.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC38CA	1.00	4.61	4.56	4.61
#FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006BCE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#527AC7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BF527E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.232 323.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47bdb',
    500: '#bc38ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38ca;
$custom-light: #d47bdb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 294.247,
    "s": 57.937,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59277,
    "c": 0.23221,
    "h": 323.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38CA

secondary

#95CF8E

accent

#E14755

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150A15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38CA

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

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