#BC538C#BC538C

#BC538C is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.149 H 348.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC538C
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 140)
HSL	hsl(327, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 25.5%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.42, 48.62, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.42, 49.85, 347.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% 0.1467 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.149 348.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5669, 18.7739, 26.9251)
Luminance	0.1877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC538C #53BC83

analogous

#B853BC #BC538C #BC5357

triadic

#BC538C #8CBC53 #538CBC

tetradic

#BC538C #BCB853 #53BC83 #5357BC

square

#BC538C #BCB853 #53BC83 #5357BC

split-complementary

#BC538C #57BC53 #53BCB8

monochromatic

#6B2A4D #973B6D #BC538C #CD7FA9 #DEABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#BC538C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#BC538C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC538C

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC538C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC538C	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)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C85069

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc538c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.149 348.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388ad',
    500: '#bc538c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc538c;
$custom-light: #d388ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc538c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 327.429,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59215,
    "c": 0.14949,
    "h": 348.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC538C

secondary

#9FCCB3

accent

#D48E54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC538C

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

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