#BC509E#BC509E

#BC509E is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.166 H 339.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC509E
RGB	rgb(188, 80, 158)
HSL	hsl(317, 45%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(317, 57%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 16%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 52.66, -21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 56.87, 337.82°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% 0.1555 -0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.166 339.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7798, 18.8997, 34.4207)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC509E #50BC6E

analogous

#A450BC #BC509E #BC5068

triadic

#BC509E #9EBC50 #509EBC

tetradic

#BC509E #BCA450 #50BC6E #5068BC

square

#BC509E #BCA450 #50BC6E #5068BC

split-complementary

#BC509E #68BC50 #50BCA4

monochromatic

#692857 #96397C #BC509E #CD7CB7 #DEA9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#BC509E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#BC509E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC509E

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC509E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC509E	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#556EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747F9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C65370

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc509e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 80, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.166 339.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d386ba',
    500: '#bc509e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc509e;
$custom-light: #d386ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc509e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 80,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 316.667,
    "s": 44.628,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59547,
    "c": 0.16589,
    "h": 339.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.18897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC509E

secondary

#9CCBA9

accent

#D47753

background

#FDF8FB

surface

#FAF0F6

border

#D3CBD0

text

#140C11

muted

#837D80

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC509E

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

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