#BC497A#BC497A

#BC497A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.156 H 356.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC497A
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 122)
HSL	hsl(334, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(334, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 35.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.09, 50.95, -3.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.09, 51.09, 355.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.28% 0.1555 -0.009)
OKLCH	oklch(57.28% 0.156 356.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6359, 16.8645, 20.2610)
Luminance	0.1686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC497A #49BC8B

analogous

#BC49B3 #BC497A #BC5149

triadic

#BC497A #7ABC49 #497ABC

tetradic

#BC497A #B3BC49 #49BC8B #5149BC

square

#BC497A #B3BC49 #49BC8B #5149BC

split-complementary

#BC497A #49BC51 #49B3BC

monochromatic

#652541 #92365D #BC497A #CC769B #DDA2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC497A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#BC497A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC497A

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC497A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC497A	1.00	4.80	4.37	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C657B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA405C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc497a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.156 356.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482a0',
    500: '#bc497a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc497a;
$custom-light: #d482a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc497a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 334.435,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57284,
    "c": 0.15572,
    "h": 356.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.16862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC497A

secondary

#97CAB4

accent

#D69E52

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBEFF2

border

#D4CACC

text

#150B0E

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC497A

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

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