#BC498B#BC498B

#BC498B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.164 H 347.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC498B
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 139)
HSL	hsl(326, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(326, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.66, 53.10, -13.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.66, 54.69, 346.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% 0.1605 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.164 347.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.7828, 17.3232, 26.3016)
Luminance	0.1732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC498B #49BC7A

analogous

#B349BC #BC498B #BC4951

triadic

#BC498B #8BBC49 #498BBC

tetradic

#BC498B #BCB349 #49BC7A #4951BC

square

#BC498B #BCB349 #49BC7A #4951BC

split-complementary

#BC498B #51BC49 #49BCB3

monochromatic

#65254A #92366B #BC498B #CC76A8 #DDA2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC498B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.46

#BC498B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC498B

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC498B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC498B	1.00	4.70	4.46	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56678D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#777B88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc498b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.164 347.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382ad',
    500: '#bc498b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc498b;
$custom-light: #d382ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc498b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.565,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.579,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 347.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.17321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC498B

secondary

#97CAAD

accent

#D68A52

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAEFF4

border

#D3CACE

text

#150B10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC498B

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

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