#BC408B#BC408B

#BC408B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.177 H 346.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC408B
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 139)
HSL	hsl(324, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(324, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.27, 56.92, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.27, 58.91, 345.06°)
OKLab	oklab(56.87% 0.1723 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(56.87% 0.177 346.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.2337, 16.2250, 26.1186)
Luminance	0.1622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC408B #40BC71

analogous

#AF40BC #BC408B #BC404D

triadic

#BC408B #8BBC40 #408BBC

tetradic

#BC408B #BCAF40 #40BC71 #404DBC

square

#BC408B #BCAF40 #40BC71 #404DBC

split-complementary

#BC408B #4DBC40 #40BCAF

monochromatic

#612147 #8E3069 #BC408B #CD6CA7 #DD9AC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.95

#BC408B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#BC408B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC408B

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC408B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC408B	1.00	4.95	4.24	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F638D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C93D60

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc408b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.177 346.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47dad',
    500: '#bc408b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc408b;
$custom-light: #d47dad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc408b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 323.71,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56871,
    "c": 0.17688,
    "h": 346.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.16222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC408B

secondary

#8FC9A6

accent

#D9854F

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBEFF4

border

#D4CACE

text

#150A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC408B

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

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