#BC40A5#BC40A5

#BC40A5 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.194 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40A5
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 165)
HSL	hsl(311, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(311, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.36, 60.61, -29.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.36, 67.20, 334.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% 0.1772 -0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.194 336)
XYZ	xyz(29.3643, 17.0773, 37.3397)
Luminance	0.1708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40A5 #40BC57

analogous

#9540BC #BC40A5 #BC4067

triadic

#BC40A5 #A5BC40 #40A5BC

tetradic

#BC40A5 #BC9540 #40BC57 #4067BC

square

#BC40A5 #BC9540 #40BC57 #4067BC

split-complementary

#BC40A5 #67BC40 #40BC95

monochromatic

#612155 #8E307D #BC40A5 #CD6CBB #DD9AD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.76

#BC40A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC40A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40A5

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40A5	1.00	4.76	4.42	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4167A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5476D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.194 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec0',
    500: '#bc40a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40a5;
$custom-light: #d37ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.129,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58024,
    "c": 0.19401,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.17075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40A5

secondary

#8FC99A

accent

#D9694F

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40A5

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

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