#BC4E9D#BC4E9D

#BC4E9D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.168 H 340.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC4E9D
RGB	rgb(188, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(317, 45%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(317, 59%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.5%, 16.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, 53.43, -21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 57.58, 338.11°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.1581 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.168 340)
XYZ	xyz(29.5498, 18.5769, 33.9211)
Luminance	0.1857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC4E9D #4EBC6D

analogous

#A44EBC #BC4E9D #BC4E66

triadic

#BC4E9D #9DBC4E #4E9DBC

tetradic

#BC4E9D #BCA44E #4EBC6D #4E66BC

square

#BC4E9D #BCA44E #4EBC6D #4E66BC

split-complementary

#BC4E9D #66BC4E #4EBCA4

monochromatic

#682756 #95387B #BC4E9D #CD7AB6 #DEA7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#BC4E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.71

#BC4E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC4E9D

4.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC4E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC4E9D	1.00	4.45	4.71	4.71
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546C9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747E9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6516F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc4e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.168 340.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d385ba',
    500: '#bc4e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc4e9d;
$custom-light: #d385ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc4e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.909,
    "s": 45.082,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59253,
    "c": 0.16825,
    "h": 340
  },
  "luminance": 0.18574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC4E9D

secondary

#9BCBA8

accent

#D57853

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140B11

muted

#837C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC4E9D

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

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