#BC3255#BC3255

#BC3255 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 53.7% C 0.174 H 10.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3255
RGB	rgb(188, 50, 85)
HSL	hsl(345, 58%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(345, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.4%, 54.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.70, 56.59, 12.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.70, 58.00, 12.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.7% 0.1715 0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(53.7% 0.174 10.6)
XYZ	xyz(23.5215, 13.6317, 9.9852)
Luminance	0.1363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3255 #32BC99

analogous

#BC329A #BC3255 #BC5432

triadic

#BC3255 #55BC32 #3255BC

tetradic

#BC3255 #9ABC32 #32BC99 #5432BC

square

#BC3255 #9ABC32 #32BC99 #5432BC

split-complementary

#BC3255 #32BC54 #329ABC

monochromatic

#5B1829 #8C253F #BC3255 #D35877 #E0899F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#BC3255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.73

#BC3255 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3255

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3255	1.00	5.64	3.73	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.73	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555556

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CD0C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 50, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.7% 0.174 10.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d77584',
    500: '#bc3255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3255;
$custom-light: #d77584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 344.783,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 46.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53696,
    "c": 0.17449,
    "h": 10.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13628
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3255

secondary

#80C9B7

accent

#E1BA47

background

#FEF7F8

surface

#FCEDEF

border

#D5C8CA

text

#16090A

muted

#847B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3255

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

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