#BC408E#BC408E

#BC408E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.163; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.179 H 345.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC408E
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 142)
HSL	hsl(322, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(322, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 24.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.38, 57.32, -16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.38, 59.73, 343.65°)
OKLab	oklab(56.99% 0.173 -0.0446)
OKLCH	oklch(56.99% 0.179 345.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.4559, 16.3139, 27.2889)
Luminance	0.1631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC408E #40BC6E

analogous

#AC40BC #BC408E #BC4050

triadic

#BC408E #8EBC40 #408EBC

tetradic

#BC408E #BCAC40 #40BC6E #4050BC

square

#BC408E #BCAC40 #40BC6E #4050BC

split-complementary

#BC408E #50BC40 #40BCAC

monochromatic

#612149 #8E306C #BC408E #CD6CA9 #DD9AC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.93

#BC408E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.26

#BC408E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC408E

4.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC408E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC408E	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)

#4D6390

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C83E61

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc408e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.179 345.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d47daf',
    500: '#bc408e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc408e;
$custom-light: #d47daf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc408e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 322.258,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56994,
    "c": 0.17864,
    "h": 345.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16311
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC408E

secondary

#8FC9A5

accent

#D9824F

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBEFF4

border

#D4CACE

text

#150A10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC408E

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

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