#BC497B#BC497B

#BC497B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.156 H 356.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC497B
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 123)
HSL	hsl(334, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(334, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 34.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.12, 51.07, -4.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.12, 51.25, 355.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.32% 0.1558 -0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(57.32% 0.156 356.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.6982, 16.8894, 20.5890)
Luminance	0.1689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC497B #49BC8A

analogous

#BC49B4 #BC497B #BC5049

triadic

#BC497B #7BBC49 #497BBC

tetradic

#BC497B #B4BC49 #49BC8A #5049BC

square

#BC497B #B4BC49 #49BC8A #5049BC

split-complementary

#BC497B #49BC50 #49B4BC

monochromatic

#652541 #92365E #BC497B #CC769B #DDA2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.80

#BC497B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC497B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC497B

4.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC497B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC497B	1.00	4.80	4.38	4.80
#FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C657C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7A78

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA405D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc497b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.156 356.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482a1',
    500: '#bc497b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc497b;
$custom-light: #d482a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc497b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.913,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57318,
    "c": 0.15614,
    "h": 356.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC497B

secondary

#97CAB4

accent

#D69D52

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBEFF2

border

#D4CACC

text

#150B0E

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC497B

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

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