#BC38DB#BC38DB

#BC38DB is a mid, highly saturated purple. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 60.3% C 0.246 H 319.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC38DB
RGB	rgb(188, 56, 219)
HSL	hsl(289, 69%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(289, 74%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(14.2%, 74.4%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.26, 72.57, -57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.26, 92.50, 321.68°)
OKLab	oklab(60.33% 0.186 -0.161)
OKLCH	oklch(60.33% 0.246 319.1)
XYZ	xyz(34.9377, 18.6359, 68.7609)
Luminance	0.1863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC38DB #57DB38

analogous

#6B38DB #BC38DB #DB38A9

triadic

#BC38DB #DBBC38 #38DBBC

tetradic

#BC38DB #DB6B38 #57DB38 #38A9DB

square

#BC38DB #DB6B38 #57DB38 #38A9DB

split-complementary

#BC38DB #A9DB38 #38DB6B

monochromatic

#6D1781 #9921B5 #BC38DB #CD6CE4 #DFA0EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.44

#BC38DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.73

#BC38DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC38DB

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC38DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC38DB	1.00	4.44	4.73	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#006FDF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#447CD7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BC5A88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc38db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 56, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.3% 0.246 319.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d57ce7',
    500: '#bc38db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc38db;
$custom-light: #d57ce7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc38db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.589,
    "s": 69.362,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60332,
    "c": 0.246,
    "h": 319.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.18634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC38DB

secondary

#A2DA95

accent

#EC3C5D

background

#FDF8FE

surface

#FBEFFC

border

#D4CAD5

text

#150B16

muted

#837C84

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC38DB

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

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