#bc38e0

Color #bc38e0

A vivid, highly saturated medium purple.

Closest named color Dark Orchid #9932cc · ΔE 11.01 Nearest Tailwind class fuchsia-600 #c800de · ΔE 3.3

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Conversions

HEX

#bc38e0

RGB

rgb(188, 56, 224)

HSL

hsl(287.1, 73%, 54.9%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(287.1, 75%, 87.8%)

CMYK

cmyk(16.1%, 75%, 0%, 12.2%)

LAB

lab(50.57, 73.48, -59.69)

LCH

lch(50.57, 94.67, 320.91)

OKLCH

oklch(60.7%, 0.2501, 317.84)

HWB

hwb(287.1, 22%, 12.2%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#5ce038

Analogous

#6838e0

#bc38e0

#e038b0

Triadic

#bc38e0

#e0bc38

#38e0bc

Split-complementary

#bc38e0

#b0e038

#38e068

Tetradic

#bc38e0

#e0385c

#5ce038

#38e0bc

Square

#bc38e0

#e06838

#5ce038

#38b0e0

Shades

Color #bc38e0 mixed toward black.

#a51fca

#8419a1

#631379

#420d51

#210628

Tints

Color #bc38e0 mixed toward white.

#c759e5

#d27aea

#dd9cef

#e9bdf5

#f4defa

Tones

Color #bc38e0 mixed toward gray.

#b446d2

#ac54c4

#a462b6

#9c70a8

#947e9a

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.39:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.78:1

Black text reads better on this background (4.78:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#9594c8 · ΔE 23.9

Deuteranopia

#9ba3c1 · ΔE 28.2

Tritanopia

#b8b1ac · ΔE 37.9

Achromatopsia

#787878 · ΔE 30.3

Left half is the original, right half is the simulated appearance. See all 8 vision types →

Code

CSS

background-color: #bc38e0;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#bc38e0]

Related colors

Medium Orchid #ba55d3

Dark Violet #9400d3

Dark Orchid #9932cc

Indigo #4b0082

Dark Magenta #8b008b

Fuchsia #ff00ff

Frequently asked questions

#bc38e0 (#bc38e0) is rgb(188, 56, 224) in RGB.

No, #bc38e0 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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