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Home/Colors/#BC38C4

Nearest named color · #BC38C4

#BC38C4

Nearest named color: Awkward Purple

#BC38C4 (rgb(188 56 196), hsl(297 56% 49%), oklch(0.589 0.227 325.5)) is closest to the named color Awkward Purple. See tints, shades, harmonies, WCAG & APCA contrast, and CSS, Tailwind v4 & SCSS code.

What does Purple mean? →

#BC38C4

oklch(0.589 0.227 325.5)

Color conversions

HEX
#bc38c4
RGB
rgb(188 56 196)
HSL
hsl(297 56% 49%)
HWB
hwb(297 22% 23%)
OKLCH
oklch(0.589 0.227 325.5)
OKLab
oklab(0.589 0.187 -0.129)
CIE Lab
lab(48.72 64.83 -46.18)
LCH
lch(48.72 79.59 324.5)
CMYK
cmyk(4% 71% 0% 23%)

Tints · Shades · Tones

Tints

  • C452CB
  • CC68D1
  • D47CD8
  • DB8FDE
  • E2A2E4
  • E8B5EA
  • EEC8EF
  • F4DAF5
  • FAECFA

Shades

  • A32FAA
  • 8B2791
  • 731F78
  • 5D1761
  • 470F4A
  • 320835
  • 1F0421
  • 0D010E
  • 020002

Tones

  • B744BE
  • B24EB7
  • AC57B1
  • A75FAA
  • A165A3
  • 9B6C9C
  • 957196
  • 8E768F
  • 877B87

Color harmonies

Complementary +180°

  • BC38C4

    Awkward Purple

  • 00972C

    ≈ Irish Green

Analogous -30° +30°

  • BC38C4

    Awkward Purple

  • 8C51F2

    ≈ Pericallis Hybrida

  • DA1E83

    ≈ Vivid Cerise

Triadic +120° +240°

  • BC38C4

    Awkward Purple

  • 9D7600

    ≈ Mesozoic Green

  • 008E9A

    ≈ Coral Coast

Split-complementary +150° +210°

  • BC38C4

    Awkward Purple

  • 7A8600

    ≈ Elwynn Forest Olive

  • 00927A

    ≈ Aqua Waters

Tetradic +90° +180° +270°

  • BC38C4

    Awkward Purple

  • BC6100

    ≈ Honey Ginger

  • 00972C

    ≈ Irish Green

  • 0087BD

    ≈ Forget-Me-Not

Contrast & accessibility

Ag

On white

WCAG 4.66:1 · APCA Lc 71

AA
Ag

On black

WCAG 4.50:1 · APCA Lc 30

AA

Best text color: #FFFFFF

WCAG 4.66:1 (AA) · APCA Lc 71

Contrast pairs

  • #BC38C4 / #FFFFFF
  • #BC38C4 / #000000
  • #FFFFFF / #BC38C4
  • #000000 / #BC38C4

Code snippets

CSS

:root {
  --awkward-purple: #bc38c4;
  --awkward-purple-rgb: 188 56 196;
  --awkward-purple-oklch: oklch(0.589 0.227 325.5);
}

.element {
  color: var(--awkward-purple);
  background-color: hsl(297 56% 49%);
  border-color: oklch(0.589 0.227 325.5);
}

Tailwind CSS v4

@theme {
  --color-awkward-purple: #bc38c4;
  --color-awkward-purple-50: #ffdfff;
  --color-awkward-purple-100: #ffcdff;
  --color-awkward-purple-200: #ffb0ff;
  --color-awkward-purple-300: #f389f2;
  --color-awkward-purple-400: #df64e6;
  --color-awkward-purple-500: #cc35d5;
  --color-awkward-purple-600: #ac30b4;
  --color-awkward-purple-700: #8a2690;
  --color-awkward-purple-800: #651b6e;
  --color-awkward-purple-900: #47124d;
  --color-awkward-purple-950: #2e0333;
}

SCSS

$awkward-purple: #bc38c4;
$awkward-purple-rgb: 188, 56, 196;
$awkward-purple-light: mix(#fff, $awkward-purple, 20%);
$awkward-purple-dark: mix(#000, $awkward-purple, 20%);

.element {
  color: $awkward-purple;
  box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px rgba($awkward-purple, 0.35);
}

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  • C83CB9

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  • C034AF

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  • BB33AA

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  • B13AAD

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  • BB44DD

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  • BF36E0

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  • CC11BB

    Explosive Purple

  • C920B0

    Mystifying Magenta

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  • Vivid Awkward Purple StudioRed · Rainbow
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  • Bold Explosive Purple PulseRed · Rainbow
  • Pure Explosive Purple TideRed · 7 Colors
  • Bold Explosive Purple ForgeRed · Dark Mode UI
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