#BC538B#BC538B

#BC538B is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.149 H 349.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC538B
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 139)
HSL	hsl(328, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(328, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 26.1%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.39, 48.48, -10.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.39, 49.60, 347.81°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% 0.1464 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.149 349.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4935, 18.7446, 26.5385)
Luminance	0.1874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC538B #53BC84

analogous

#B853BC #BC538B #BC5356

triadic

#BC538B #8BBC53 #538BBC

tetradic

#BC538B #BCB853 #53BC84 #5356BC

square

#BC538B #BCB853 #53BC84 #5356BC

split-complementary

#BC538B #56BC53 #53BCB8

monochromatic

#6B2A4C #973B6C #BC538B #CD7FA9 #DEABC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC538B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC538B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC538B

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC538B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC538B	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C84F69

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc538b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.149 349.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388ac',
    500: '#bc538b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc538b;
$custom-light: #d388ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc538b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 328,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59178,
    "c": 0.14892,
    "h": 349.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC538B

secondary

#9FCCB4

accent

#D49054

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC538B

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

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