#BC499E#BC499E

#BC499E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.179; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.176 H 339.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC499E
RGB	rgb(188, 73, 158)
HSL	hsl(316, 46%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(316, 61%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.41, 55.81, -23.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.41, 60.46, 337.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% 0.1649 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.176 339.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2937, 17.9276, 34.2587)
Luminance	0.1792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC499E #49BC67

analogous

#A049BC #BC499E #BC4964

triadic

#BC499E #9EBC49 #499EBC

tetradic

#BC499E #BCA049 #49BC67 #4964BC

square

#BC499E #BCA049 #49BC67 #4964BC

split-complementary

#BC499E #64BC49 #49BCA0

monochromatic

#652555 #92367A #BC499E #CC76B6 #DDA2CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.58

#BC499E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.59

#BC499E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC499E

4.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC499E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC499E	1.00	4.58	4.59	4.59
#FFFFFF	4.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E6AA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C64C6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#757575

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc499e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 73, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.176 339.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d382bb',
    500: '#bc499e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc499e;
$custom-light: #d382bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc499e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 315.652,
    "s": 46.185,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58692,
    "c": 0.17644,
    "h": 339.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC499E

secondary

#97CAA4

accent

#D67452

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAEFF6

border

#D3CAD0

text

#150B11

muted

#837C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC499E

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

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