#BC408D#BC408D

#BC408D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.178 H 346.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC408D
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 141)
HSL	hsl(323, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(323, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.34, 57.19, -16.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.34, 59.46, 344.12°)
OKLab	oklab(56.95% 0.1728 -0.0431)
OKLCH	oklch(56.95% 0.178 346)
XYZ	xyz(27.3812, 16.2840, 26.8952)
Luminance	0.1628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC408D #40BC6F

analogous

#AD40BC #BC408D #BC404F

triadic

#BC408D #8DBC40 #408DBC

tetradic

#BC408D #BCAD40 #40BC6F #404FBC

square

#BC408D #BCAD40 #40BC6F #404FBC

split-complementary

#BC408D #4FBC40 #40BCAD

monochromatic

#612149 #8E306B #BC408D #CD6CA8 #DD9AC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC408D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC408D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC408D

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC408D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC408D	1.00	4.93	4.26	4.93
#FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E638F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc408d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.178 346.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47dae',
    500: '#bc408d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc408d;
$custom-light: #d47dae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc408d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.742,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56953,
    "c": 0.17805,
    "h": 346
  },
  "luminance": 0.16281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC408D

secondary

#8FC9A5

accent

#D9834F

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBEFF4

border

#D4CACE

text

#150A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC408D

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

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