#BC42A6#BC42A6

#BC42A6 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.192 H 335.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC42A6
RGB	rgb(188, 66, 166)
HSL	hsl(311, 48%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(311, 65%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.9%, 11.7%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.69, 59.96, -29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.69, 66.65, 334.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% 0.175 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.192 335.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.5705, 17.3434, 37.8592)
Luminance	0.1734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC42A6 #42BC58

analogous

#9542BC #BC42A6 #BC4269

triadic

#BC42A6 #A6BC42 #42A6BC

tetradic

#BC42A6 #BC9542 #42BC58 #4269BC

square

#BC42A6 #BC9542 #42BC58 #4269BC

split-complementary

#BC42A6 #69BC42 #42BC95

monochromatic

#612256 #8F327E #BC42A6 #CC6FBC #DC9CD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC42A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC42A6 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC42A6

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC42A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC42A6	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4368A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C54A6E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc42a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 66, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.192 335.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d37fc0',
    500: '#bc42a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc42a6;
$custom-light: #d37fc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc42a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 310.82,
    "s": 48.031,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58281,
    "c": 0.19207,
    "h": 335.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.17341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC42A6

secondary

#91C99B

accent

#D86950

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF7

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B12

muted

#837C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC42A6

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

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