#BC509B#BC509B

#BC509B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.164 H 341.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC509B
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 155)
HSL	hsl(318, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(318, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 17.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.45, 52.20, -19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.45, 55.86, 339.15°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% 0.1549 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.164 341)
XYZ	xyz(29.5247, 18.7977, 33.0773)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC509B #50BC71

analogous

#A750BC #BC509B #BC5065

triadic

#BC509B #9BBC50 #509BBC

tetradic

#BC509B #BCA750 #50BC71 #5065BC

square

#BC509B #BCA750 #50BC71 #5065BC

split-complementary

#BC509B #65BC50 #50BCA7

monochromatic

#692855 #963979 #BC509B #CD7CB4 #DEA9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC509B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC509B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC509B

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC509B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC509B	1.00	4.41	4.76	4.76
#FFFFFF	4.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566D9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757E98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C6526F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc509b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.164 341.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386b8',
    500: '#bc509b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc509b;
$custom-light: #d386b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc509b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.333,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59419,
    "c": 0.16376,
    "h": 341
  },
  "luminance": 0.18795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC509B

secondary

#9CCBAB

accent

#D47B53

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC509B

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

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