#BC238B#BC238B

#BC238B is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.209 H 345.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC238B
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 139)
HSL	hsl(319, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(319, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.89, 66.45, -20.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.89, 69.49, 342.96°)
OKLab	oklab(54.41% 0.2018 -0.0542)
OKLCH	oklch(54.41% 0.209 345)
XYZ	xyz(26.0015, 13.7605, 25.7078)
Luminance	0.1376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC238B #23BC54

analogous

#A023BC #BC238B #BC233E

triadic

#BC238B #8BBC23 #238BBC

tetradic

#BC238B #BCA023 #23BC54 #233EBC

square

#BC238B #BCA023 #23BC54 #233EBC

split-complementary

#BC238B #3EBC23 #23BCA0

monochromatic

#55103F #881965 #BC238B #DC41AA #E574C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.60

#BC238B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.75

#BC238B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC238B

5.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC238B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC238B	1.00	5.60	3.75	5.60
#FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#39578E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C92056

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc238b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.209 345.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d571ad',
    500: '#bc238b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc238b;
$custom-light: #d571ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc238b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 319.216,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54408,
    "c": 0.20892,
    "h": 345
  },
  "luminance": 0.13758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC238B

secondary

#6FCC8D

accent

#EB743C

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FBEDF4

border

#D4C8CE

text

#150910

muted

#837B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC238B

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

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