#BC497D#BC497D

#BC497D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.169; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.157 H 355.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC497D
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 125)
HSL	hsl(333, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(333, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 33.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.18, 51.31, -5.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.18, 51.59, 354.04°)
OKLab	oklab(57.39% 0.1564 -0.0135)
OKLCH	oklch(57.39% 0.157 355.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.8246, 16.9400, 21.2551)
Luminance	0.1694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC497D #49BC88

analogous

#BC49B6 #BC497D #BC4E49

triadic

#BC497D #7DBC49 #497DBC

tetradic

#BC497D #B6BC49 #49BC88 #4E49BC

square

#BC497D #B6BC49 #49BC88 #4E49BC

split-complementary

#BC497D #49BC4E #49B6BC

monochromatic

#652542 #92365F #BC497D #CC769D #DDA2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.79

#BC497D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC497D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC497D

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC497D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC497D	1.00	4.79	4.39	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B657F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc497d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.157 355.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482a2',
    500: '#bc497d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc497d;
$custom-light: #d482a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc497d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.87,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57387,
    "c": 0.15701,
    "h": 355.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC497D

secondary

#97CAB3

accent

#D69A52

background

#FDF8F9

surface

#FBEFF2

border

#D4CACC

text

#150B0F

muted

#837C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC497D

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

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