#BC538A#BC538A

#BC538A is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.148 H 350.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC538A
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 138)
HSL	hsl(329, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(329, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 26.6%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.35, 48.35, -9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.35, 49.36, 348.40°)
OKLab	oklab(59.14% 0.1461 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(59.14% 0.148 350)
XYZ	xyz(28.4208, 18.7155, 26.1555)
Luminance	0.1871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC538A #53BC85

analogous

#B953BC #BC538A #BC5355

triadic

#BC538A #8ABC53 #538ABC

tetradic

#BC538A #BCB953 #53BC85 #5355BC

square

#BC538A #BCB953 #53BC85 #5355BC

split-complementary

#BC538A #55BC53 #53BCB9

monochromatic

#6B2A4C #973B6B #BC538A #CD7FA8 #DEABC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#BC538A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#BC538A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC538A

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC538A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC538A	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84F68

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc538a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.148 350.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388ac',
    500: '#bc538a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc538a;
$custom-light: #d388ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc538a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328.571,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59141,
    "c": 0.14837,
    "h": 350
  },
  "luminance": 0.18713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC538A

secondary

#9FCCB4

accent

#D49154

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC538A

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

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