#BC3399#BC3399

#BC3399 is a mid, highly saturated pink. Relative luminance 0.154; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.202 H 340.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC3399
RGB	rgb(188, 51, 153)
HSL	hsl(315, 57%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(315, 73%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.9%, 18.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.13, 63.61, -25.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.13, 68.48, 338.27°)
OKLab	oklab(56.23% 0.1897 -0.0684)
OKLCH	oklch(56.23% 0.202 340.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.6734, 15.3616, 31.6385)
Luminance	0.1536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC3399 #33BC56

analogous

#9A33BC #BC3399 #BC3355

triadic

#BC3399 #99BC33 #3399BC

tetradic

#BC3399 #BC9A33 #33BC56 #3355BC

square

#BC3399 #BC9A33 #33BC56 #3355BC

split-complementary

#BC3399 #55BC33 #33BC9A

monochromatic

#5C194B #8C2672 #BC3399 #D25AB4 #DF8ACA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.16

#BC3399 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.07

#BC3399 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC3399

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC3399	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC3399	1.00	5.16	4.07	5.16
#FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D5F9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697596

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C73762

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6D6D6D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc3399;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 51, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.202 340.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d477b7',
    500: '#bc3399',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc3399;
$custom-light: #d477b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc3399",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.328,
    "s": 57.322,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56226,
    "c": 0.20169,
    "h": 340.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.15359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC3399

secondary

#81C994

accent

#E16E47

background

#FDF7FB

surface

#FBEEF6

border

#D4C9D0

text

#150A11

muted

#837C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC3399

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

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