#BC40A6#BC40A6

#BC40A6 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.195 H 335.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC40A6
RGB	rgb(188, 64, 166)
HSL	hsl(311, 49%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(311, 66%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, 60.76, -29.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 67.57, 334.06°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% 0.1773 -0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.195 335.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4557, 17.1138, 37.8209)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC40A6 #40BC56

analogous

#9440BC #BC40A6 #BC4068

triadic

#BC40A6 #A6BC40 #40A6BC

tetradic

#BC40A6 #BC9440 #40BC56 #4068BC

square

#BC40A6 #BC9440 #40BC56 #4068BC

split-complementary

#BC40A6 #68BC40 #40BC94

monochromatic

#612155 #8E307E #BC40A6 #CD6CBC #DD9AD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC40A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#BC40A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC40A6

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC40A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC40A6	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4167A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5486D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc40a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 64, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.195 335.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37ec0',
    500: '#bc40a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc40a6;
$custom-light: #d37ec0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc40a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.645,
    "s": 49.206,
    "l": 49.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58072,
    "c": 0.19473,
    "h": 335.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC40A6

secondary

#8FC999

accent

#D9674F

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC40A6

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

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