#BC2959#BC2959

#BC2959 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 53.0% C 0.184 H 7.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2959
RGB	rgb(188, 41, 89)
HSL	hsl(340, 64%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(340, 78%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, 59.79, 8.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 60.46, 8.50°)
OKLab	oklab(53.04% 0.1823 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(53.04% 0.184 7.2)
XYZ	xyz(23.3373, 13.0018, 10.7300)
Luminance	0.1300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2959 #29BC8C

analogous

#BC29A3 #BC2959 #BC4229

triadic

#BC2959 #59BC29 #2959BC

tetradic

#BC2959 #A3BC29 #29BC8C #4229BC

square

#BC2959 #A3BC29 #29BC8C #4229BC

split-complementary

#BC2959 #29BC42 #29A3BC

monochromatic

#581329 #8A1E41 #BC2959 #D84B79 #E37D9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#BC2959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#BC2959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2959

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2959	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50525A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD003E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 41, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.0% 0.184 7.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77187',
    500: '#bc2959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2959;
$custom-light: #d77187;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.408,
    "s": 64.192,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53038,
    "c": 0.18378,
    "h": 7.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2959

secondary

#76CBAF

accent

#E7B141

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2959

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

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