#BC499D#BC499D

#BC499D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.176 H 339.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC499D
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 157)
HSL	hsl(316, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(316, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.37, 55.66, -22.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.37, 60.12, 337.79°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% 0.1647 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.176 339.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.2080, 17.8933, 33.8072)
Luminance	0.1789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC499D #49BC68

analogous

#A149BC #BC499D #BC4963

triadic

#BC499D #9DBC49 #499DBC

tetradic

#BC499D #BCA149 #49BC68 #4963BC

square

#BC499D #BCA149 #49BC68 #4963BC

split-complementary

#BC499D #63BC49 #49BCA1

monochromatic

#652554 #923679 #BC499D #CC76B5 #DDA2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.59

#BC499D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.58

#BC499D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BC499D

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC499D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BC499D	1.00	4.59	4.58	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F6AA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64C6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc499d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.176 339.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382ba',
    500: '#bc499d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc499d;
$custom-light: #d382ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc499d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.174,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58648,
    "c": 0.17572,
    "h": 339.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC499D

secondary

#97CAA5

accent

#D67652

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF6

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B11

muted

#837C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC499D

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

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