#BC497C#BC497C

#BC497C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.157 H 355.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC497C
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 124)
HSL	hsl(333, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(333, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 34%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.15, 51.19, -4.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.15, 51.42, 354.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.35% 0.1561 -0.012)
OKLCH	oklch(57.35% 0.157 355.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7611, 16.9145, 20.9204)
Luminance	0.1691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC497C #49BC89

analogous

#BC49B6 #BC497C #BC4F49

triadic

#BC497C #7CBC49 #497CBC

tetradic

#BC497C #B6BC49 #49BC89 #4F49BC

square

#BC497C #B6BC49 #49BC89 #4F49BC

split-complementary

#BC497C #49BC4F #49B6BC

monochromatic

#652542 #92365F #BC497C #CC769C #DDA2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC497C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.38

#BC497C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC497C

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC497C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC497C	1.00	4.79	4.38	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B657E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA415D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc497c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.157 355.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482a1',
    500: '#bc497c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc497c;
$custom-light: #d482a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc497c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 333.391,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57352,
    "c": 0.15657,
    "h": 355.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.16912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC497C

secondary

#97CAB3

accent

#D69B52

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBEFF2

border

#D4CACC

text

#150B0F

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC497C

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

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