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#BC38FA

#bc38fa ≈ Electric Purple

  • magenta
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Cool
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#bc38fa is a color from the magenta family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 73.73% red, 21.96% green and 98.04% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 24.8% cyan, 77.6% magenta, 0% yellow and 1.96% black. Its hue angle is 280.82°, with 95.1% saturation and 60% lightness in HSL. It is a cool color, often associated with creativity, boldness and individuality. Designers typically use it for beauty and cosmetics, creative studios and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 5.08:1 (WCAG AA). The closest named color is Electric Purple (#bf00ff), ΔE 3.31.

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Relative luminance0.2042

Complementary

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #76fa38

Split complementary

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #d7fa38
  3. #38fa5b

Analogous

  1. #5b38fa
  2. #bc38fa
  3. #fa38d7

Triadic

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #fabc38
  3. #38fabc

Tetradic

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #fa3876
  3. #76fa38
  4. #38fabc

Square

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #fa5b38
  3. #76fa38
  4. #38d7fa

Monochromatic

  1. #670495
  2. #9a06e0
  3. #bc38fa
  4. #d583fc
  5. #eecdfe

Shades

#bc38fa mixed progressively with black.

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #a932e1
  3. #962dc8
  4. #8427af
  5. #712296
  6. #5e1c7d
  7. #4b1664
  8. #38114b
  9. #260b32
  10. #130619
  11. #000000

Tints

#bc38fa mixed progressively with white.

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #c34cfb
  3. #c960fb
  4. #d074fc
  5. #d788fc
  6. #de9cfd
  7. #e4affd
  8. #ebc3fe
  9. #f2d7fe
  10. #f8ebff
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#bc38fa mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #bc38fa
  2. #b63fee
  3. #b046e2
  4. #aa4ed5
  5. #a455c9
  6. #9e5cbd
  7. #9863b1
  8. #926aa5
  9. #8c7298
  10. #86798c
  11. #808080

Readable text 4.13:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 5.08:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #7d7d7d ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #9a68bc ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #0077ff ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #037ff6 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #b46899 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #6e63fd ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #7c6af8 ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #b759c8 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-bc38fa {
  color: #bc38fa;
}
Background
.bg-bc38fa {
  background-color: #bc38fa;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-bc38fa {
  border: 2px solid #bc38fa;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #bc38fa;
  --color-primary-rgb: 188 56 250;
  --color-primary-hsl: 281 95% 60%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-bc38fa {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #bc38fa, #fa38d7);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-bc38fa {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(188 56 250 / 0.35);
}

#bf00ff Electric Purple ΔE 3.31 #ba55d3 Medium Orchid ΔE 6.66 #9f00ff Vivid Violet ΔE 8.00 #9932cc Dark Orchid ΔE 9.38 #9966cc Amethyst ΔE 10.08 #8f00ff Electric Violet ΔE 10.44 #ff00ff Fuchsia ΔE 10.51 #43c705 Inverted #7d7d7d Grayscale 

Electric Purple
#bc38fa  rgb(188, 56, 250)  hsl(281, 95%, 60%)  Electric Purple
#76fa38  rgb(118, 250, 56)  hsl(101, 95%, 60%)  Lawn Green
#fabc38  rgb(250, 188, 56)  hsl(41, 95%, 60%)  Amber
#38fabc  rgb(56, 250, 188)  hsl(161, 95%, 60%)  Aquamarine