#BC42A3#BC42A3

#BC42A3 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.190 H 336.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42A3
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 163)
HSL	hsl(312, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(312, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 13.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.55, 59.51, -27.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.55, 65.57, 335.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% 0.1746 -0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.19 336.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.2985, 17.2346, 36.4268)
Luminance	0.1723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42A3 #42BC5B

analogous

#9842BC #BC42A3 #BC4266

triadic

#BC42A3 #A3BC42 #42A3BC

tetradic

#BC42A3 #BC9842 #42BC5B #4266BC

square

#BC42A3 #BC9842 #42BC5B #4266BC

split-complementary

#BC42A3 #66BC42 #42BC98

monochromatic

#612254 #8F327C #BC42A3 #CC6FB9 #DC9CCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC42A3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC42A3 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42A3

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42A3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42A3	1.00	4.72	4.45	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4567A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6486C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42a3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 163);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.190 336.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fbe',
    500: '#bc42a3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42a3;
$custom-light: #d37fbe;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42a3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 163
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 312.295,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58138,
    "c": 0.18989,
    "h": 336.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.17232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42A3

secondary

#91C99D

accent

#D86C50

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42A3

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

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