#BC497F#BC497F

#BC497F is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.158 H 354.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC497F
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 127)
HSL	hsl(332, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(332, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 32.4%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, 51.56, -6.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 51.96, 352.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.46% 0.1571 -0.0164)
OKLCH	oklch(57.46% 0.158 354)
XYZ	xyz(26.9537, 16.9916, 21.9348)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC497F #49BC86

analogous

#BC49B8 #BC497F #BC4C49

triadic

#BC497F #7FBC49 #497FBC

tetradic

#BC497F #B8BC49 #49BC86 #4C49BC

square

#BC497F #B8BC49 #49BC86 #4C49BC

split-complementary

#BC497F #49BC4C #49B8BC

monochromatic

#652543 #923661 #BC497F #CC769E #DDA2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#BC497F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#BC497F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC497F

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC497F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC497F	1.00	4.78	4.40	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A7A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CA425E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc497f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 127);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.158 354.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d482a4',
    500: '#bc497f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc497f;
$custom-light: #d482a4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc497f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 127
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 331.826,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57456,
    "c": 0.15792,
    "h": 354
  },
  "luminance": 0.16989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC497F

secondary

#97CAB2

accent

#D69852

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FBEFF4

border

#D4CACE

text

#150B0F

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC497F

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

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