#BC38D4#BC38D4

#BC38D4 is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.183; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.240 H 321.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38D4
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 212)
HSL	hsl(291, 64%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(291, 74%, 83%)
CMYK	cmyk(11.3%, 73.6%, 0%, 16.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.83, 71.32, -54.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.83, 89.48, 322.84°)
OKLab	oklab(59.89% 0.1866 -0.1514)
OKLCH	oklch(59.89% 0.24 321)
XYZ	xyz(34.0355, 18.2750, 64.0093)
Luminance	0.1827 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38D4 #50D438

analogous

#6E38D4 #BC38D4 #D4389E

triadic

#BC38D4 #D4BC38 #38D4BC

tetradic

#BC38D4 #D46E38 #50D438 #389ED4

square

#BC38D4 #D46E38 #50D438 #389ED4

split-complementary

#BC38D4 #9ED438 #38D46E

monochromatic

#691A78 #9625AA #BC38D4 #CD6ADF #DE9DEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.51

#BC38D4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#BC38D4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC38D4

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38D4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC38D4	1.00	4.51	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006DD8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A7BD0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BD5784

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38d4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 212);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.240 321.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47ce2',
    500: '#bc38d4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38d4;
$custom-light: #d47ce2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38d4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 212
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 290.769,
    "s": 64.463,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59889,
    "c": 0.24028,
    "h": 321
  },
  "luminance": 0.18273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38D4

secondary

#9CD692

accent

#E7405A

background

#FDF8FD

surface

#FBEFFB

border

#D4CAD4

text

#150B15

muted

#837C83

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38D4

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

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