#BC2857#BC2857

#BC2857 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.9% C 0.184 H 8.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2857
RGB	rgb(188, 40, 87)
HSL	hsl(341, 65%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(341, 79%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 53.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.61, 59.93, 9.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.61, 60.75, 9.45°)
OKLab	oklab(52.91% 0.1825 0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(52.91% 0.184 8)
XYZ	xyz(23.2203, 12.9004, 10.2823)
Luminance	0.1290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2857 #28BC8D

analogous

#BC28A1 #BC2857 #BC4328

triadic

#BC2857 #57BC28 #2857BC

tetradic

#BC2857 #A1BC28 #28BC8D #4328BC

square

#BC2857 #A1BC28 #28BC8D #4328BC

split-complementary

#BC2857 #28BC43 #28A1BC

monochromatic

#571328 #8A1D40 #BC2857 #D84976 #E37B9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#BC2857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#BC2857 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2857

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2857	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766F53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD003D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 40, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.9% 0.184 8.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77186',
    500: '#bc2857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2857;
$custom-light: #d77186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.946,
    "s": 64.912,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52909,
    "c": 0.1843,
    "h": 8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2857

secondary

#75CBB0

accent

#E8B340

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2857

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

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