#BC38DA#BC38DA

#BC38DA is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.245 H 319.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38DA
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 218)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(13.8%, 74.3%, 0%, 14.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.20, 72.39, -56.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.20, 92.07, 321.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.27% 0.1861 -0.1597)
OKLCH	oklch(60.27% 0.245 319.4)
XYZ	xyz(34.8065, 18.5834, 68.0696)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38DA #56DA38

analogous

#6B38DA #BC38DA #DA38A7

triadic

#BC38DA #DABC38 #38DABC

tetradic

#BC38DA #DA6B38 #56DA38 #38A7DA

square

#BC38DA #DA6B38 #56DA38 #38A7DA

split-complementary

#BC38DA #A7DA38 #38DA6B

monochromatic

#6D1880 #9821B3 #BC38DA #CD6CE4 #DF9FED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC38DA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#BC38DA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC38DA

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38DA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC38DA	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#457CD6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5987

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38da;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 218);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.245 319.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ce6',
    500: '#bc38da',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38da;
$custom-light: #d57ce6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38da",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 218
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.889,
    "s": 68.644,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60268,
    "c": 0.24518,
    "h": 319.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38DA

secondary

#A1DA94

accent

#EB3C5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38DA

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

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