#BC2B59#BC2B59

#BC2B59 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 53.2% C 0.182 H 7.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC2B59
RGB	rgb(188, 43, 89)
HSL	hsl(341, 63%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(341, 77%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.1%, 52.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.98, 59.19, 9.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.98, 59.91, 8.87°)
OKLab	oklab(53.2% 0.1804 0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(53.2% 0.182 7.5)
XYZ	xyz(23.4082, 13.1437, 10.7536)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC2B59 #2BBC8E

analogous

#BC2BA1 #BC2B59 #BC462B

triadic

#BC2B59 #59BC2B #2B59BC

tetradic

#BC2B59 #A1BC2B #2BBC8E #462BBC

square

#BC2B59 #A1BC2B #2BBC8E #462BBC

split-complementary

#BC2B59 #2BBC46 #2BA1BC

monochromatic

#58142A #8A2041 #BC2B59 #D64E79 #E2809F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#BC2B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#BC2B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC2B59

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC2B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC2B59	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#51535A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD003F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc2b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 43, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.2% 0.182 7.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77287',
    500: '#bc2b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc2b59;
$custom-light: #d77287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc2b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 340.966,
    "s": 62.771,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53195,
    "c": 0.18195,
    "h": 7.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1314
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC2B59

secondary

#78CBB0

accent

#E6B242

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090B

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC2B59

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

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