#BC498C#BC498C

#BC498C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.173; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.165 H 347.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC498C
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 140)
HSL	hsl(325, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(325, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 25.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.70, 53.24, -13.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.70, 54.95, 345.66°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% 0.1608 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.165 347.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.8562, 17.3526, 26.6882)
Luminance	0.1735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC498C #49BC79

analogous

#B249BC #BC498C #BC4952

triadic

#BC498C #8CBC49 #498CBC

tetradic

#BC498C #BCB249 #49BC79 #4952BC

square

#BC498C #BCB249 #49BC79 #4952BC

split-complementary

#BC498C #52BC49 #49BCB2

monochromatic

#65254B #92366C #BC498C #CC76A8 #DDA2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.70

#BC498C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.47

#BC498C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC498C

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC498C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC498C	1.00	4.70	4.47	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.47	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56678E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84664

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc498c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.165 347.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382ad',
    500: '#bc498c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc498c;
$custom-light: #d382ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc498c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 325.043,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57939,
    "c": 0.16474,
    "h": 347.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC498C

secondary

#97CAAC

accent

#D68952

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAEFF4

border

#D3CACE

text

#150B10

muted

#837C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC498C

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

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