#BC4970#BC4970

#BC4970 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.166; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.152 H 2.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4970
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 112)
HSL	hsl(340, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(340, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 40.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.79, 49.82, 1.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.79, 49.86, 2.23°)
OKLab	oklab(56.96% 0.1521 0.0056)
OKLCH	oklch(56.96% 0.152 2.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0479, 16.6292, 17.1641)
Luminance	0.1663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4970 #49BC95

analogous

#BC49A9 #BC4970 #BC5B49

triadic

#BC4970 #70BC49 #4970BC

tetradic

#BC4970 #A9BC49 #49BC95 #5B49BC

square

#BC4970 #A9BC49 #49BC95 #5B49BC

split-complementary

#BC4970 #49BC5B #49A9BC

monochromatic

#65253B #923655 #BC4970 #CC7693 #DDA2B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.86

#BC4970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.33

#BC4970 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC4970

4.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC4970	1.00	4.86	4.33	4.86
#FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6371

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7A6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CB3D58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.152 2.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48198',
    500: '#bc4970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4970;
$custom-light: #d48198;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 339.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56963,
    "c": 0.15215,
    "h": 2.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16626
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4970

secondary

#97CAB9

accent

#D6A952

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBEFF2

border

#D4CACC

text

#150B0D

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4970

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

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