#BC398B#BC398B

#BC398B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.186 H 346.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC398B
RGB	rgb(188, 57, 139)
HSL	hsl(322, 53%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(322, 70%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.7%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.29, 59.63, -16.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.29, 61.92, 344.38°)
OKLab	oklab(56.16% 0.1807 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(56.16% 0.186 346.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8635, 15.4845, 25.9952)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC398B #39BC6A

analogous

#AB39BC #BC398B #BC3949

triadic

#BC398B #8BBC39 #398BBC

tetradic

#BC398B #BCAB39 #39BC6A #3949BC

square

#BC398B #BCAB39 #39BC6A #3949BC

split-complementary

#BC398B #49BC39 #39BCAB

monochromatic

#5E1D46 #8D2B68 #BC398B #D063A7 #DE92C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#BC398B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#BC398B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC398B

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC398B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC398B	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495F8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C9365D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc398b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 57, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.186 346.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47aad',
    500: '#bc398b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc398b;
$custom-light: #d47aad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc398b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.443,
    "s": 53.469,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56155,
    "c": 0.18596,
    "h": 346.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.15482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC398B

secondary

#88C9A0

accent

#DD824B

background

#FDF7FA

surface

#FBEEF4

border

#D4C9CE

text

#150A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC398B

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

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