#BC497E#BC497E

#BC497E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.157 H 354.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC497E
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 126)
HSL	hsl(332, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(332, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 33%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.22, 51.44, -5.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.22, 51.77, 353.44°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% 0.1568 -0.015)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.157 354.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.8888, 16.9656, 21.5933)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC497E #49BC87

analogous

#BC49B7 #BC497E #BC4D49

triadic

#BC497E #7EBC49 #497EBC

tetradic

#BC497E #B7BC49 #49BC87 #4D49BC

square

#BC497E #B7BC49 #49BC87 #4D49BC

split-complementary

#BC497E #49BC4D #49B7BC

monochromatic

#652543 #923660 #BC497E #CC769E #DDA2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC497E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#BC497E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC497E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC497E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC497E	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6580

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA415E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc497e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.157 354.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482a3',
    500: '#bc497e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc497e;
$custom-light: #d482a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc497e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 332.348,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57421,
    "c": 0.15746,
    "h": 354.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.16963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC497E

secondary

#97CAB2

accent

#D69952

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBEFF3

border

#D4CACD

text

#150B0F

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC497E

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

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