#BC42A0#BC42A0

#BC42A0 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.188 H 338.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42A0
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 160)
HSL	hsl(314, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(314, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 14.9%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.42, 59.06, -25.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.42, 64.51, 336.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58% 0.1741 -0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(58% 0.188 338)
XYZ	xyz(29.0329, 17.1284, 35.0279)
Luminance	0.1713 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42A0 #42BC5E

analogous

#9B42BC #BC42A0 #BC4263

triadic

#BC42A0 #A0BC42 #42A0BC

tetradic

#BC42A0 #BC9B42 #42BC5E #4263BC

square

#BC42A0 #BC9B42 #42BC5E #4263BC

split-complementary

#BC42A0 #63BC42 #42BC9B

monochromatic

#612253 #8F3279 #BC42A0 #CC6FB7 #DC9CCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#BC42A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.43

#BC42A0 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42A0

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42A0	1.00	4.75	4.43	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.43	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4667A3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6476B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.188 338.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fbc',
    500: '#bc42a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42a0;
$custom-light: #d37fbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 313.77,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57997,
    "c": 0.18774,
    "h": 338
  },
  "luminance": 0.17126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42A0

secondary

#91C99E

accent

#D86F50

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF6

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42A0

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

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