#BC42A4#BC42A4

#BC42A4 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.191 H 336.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42A4
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 164)
HSL	hsl(312, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(312, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 12.8%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.60, 59.66, -28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.60, 65.93, 334.81°)
OKLab	oklab(58.18% 0.1747 -0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(58.18% 0.191 336.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3885, 17.2706, 36.9005)
Luminance	0.1727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42A4 #42BC5A

analogous

#9742BC #BC42A4 #BC4267

triadic

#BC42A4 #A4BC42 #42A4BC

tetradic

#BC42A4 #BC9742 #42BC5A #4267BC

square

#BC42A4 #BC9742 #42BC5A #4267BC

split-complementary

#BC42A4 #67BC42 #42BC97

monochromatic

#612255 #8F327C #BC42A4 #CC6FBA #DC9CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.72

#BC42A4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.45

#BC42A4 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42A4

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42A4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42A4	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)

#4468A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5496D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42a4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.191 336.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fbf',
    500: '#bc42a4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42a4;
$custom-light: #d37fbf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42a4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.803,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58185,
    "c": 0.19061,
    "h": 336.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.17268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42A4

secondary

#91C99C

accent

#D86B50

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42A4

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

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