#BC538D#BC538D

#BC538D is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.188; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.150 H 348.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC538D
RGB	rgb(188, 83, 141)
HSL	hsl(327, 44%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(327, 56%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.9%, 25%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.46, 48.76, -11.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.46, 50.11, 346.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% 0.147 -0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.15 348.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.6410, 18.8036, 27.3152)
Luminance	0.1880 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC538D #53BC82

analogous

#B653BC #BC538D #BC5358

triadic

#BC538D #8DBC53 #538DBC

tetradic

#BC538D #BCB653 #53BC82 #5358BC

square

#BC538D #BCB653 #53BC82 #5358BC

split-complementary

#BC538D #58BC53 #53BCB6

monochromatic

#6B2A4E #973B6E #BC538D #CD7FAA #DEABC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.41

#BC538D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.76

#BC538D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BC538D

4.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC538D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC538D	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)

#5E6D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B7F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C8506A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc538d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 83, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.150 348.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d388ae',
    500: '#bc538d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc538d;
$custom-light: #d388ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc538d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 83,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 326.857,
    "s": 43.933,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59253,
    "c": 0.15006,
    "h": 348.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.18801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC538D

secondary

#9FCCB3

accent

#D48D54

background

#FDF8FA

surface

#FAF0F4

border

#D3CBCE

text

#140C10

muted

#837D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC538D

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

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