#BC42A5#BC42A5

#BC42A5 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.191 H 336.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42A5
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 165)
HSL	hsl(311, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(311, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 12.2%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.64, 59.81, -28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.64, 66.29, 334.46°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% 0.1749 -0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.191 336)
XYZ	xyz(29.4791, 17.3069, 37.3780)
Luminance	0.1730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42A5 #42BC59

analogous

#9642BC #BC42A5 #BC4268

triadic

#BC42A5 #A5BC42 #42A5BC

tetradic

#BC42A5 #BC9642 #42BC59 #4268BC

square

#BC42A5 #BC9642 #42BC59 #4268BC

split-complementary

#BC42A5 #68BC42 #42BC96

monochromatic

#612255 #8F327D #BC42A5 #CC6FBB #DC9CD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.71

#BC42A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC42A5 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42A5

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42A5	1.00	4.71	4.46	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4368A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C5496D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.191 336.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc0',
    500: '#bc42a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42a5;
$custom-light: #d37fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 311.311,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58233,
    "c": 0.19134,
    "h": 336
  },
  "luminance": 0.17304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42A5

secondary

#91C99C

accent

#D86A50

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42A5

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

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