#BC238D#BC238D

#BC238D is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.210 H 344.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC238D
RGB	rgb(188, 35, 141)
HSL	hsl(318, 69%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(318, 81%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 81.4%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.97, 66.69, -21.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.97, 70.05, 342.17°)
OKLab	oklab(54.5% 0.2021 -0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(54.5% 0.21 344.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.1489, 13.8194, 26.4845)
Luminance	0.1382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC238D #23BC52

analogous

#9E23BC #BC238D #BC2341

triadic

#BC238D #8DBC23 #238DBC

tetradic

#BC238D #BC9E23 #23BC52 #2341BC

square

#BC238D #BC9E23 #23BC52 #2341BC

split-complementary

#BC238D #41BC23 #23BC9E

monochromatic

#551040 #881966 #BC238D #DC41AC #E574C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#BC238D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.76

#BC238D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC238D

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC238D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC238D	1.00	5.58	3.76	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.76	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#385890

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68718A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C92157

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc238d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 35, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.210 344.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d571ae',
    500: '#bc238d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc238d;
$custom-light: #d571ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc238d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.431,
    "s": 68.61,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54497,
    "c": 0.21006,
    "h": 344.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC238D

secondary

#6FCC8B

accent

#EB723C

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FBEDF4

border

#D4C8CE

text

#150910

muted

#837B7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC238D

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

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